expectant

/ɪkˈspektənt/ adjective

Definition

› thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen: the children's expectant faces

an expectant mother/father, etc › someone who is going to have a baby soon

expectantly adverb › They looked at me expectantly.

(Definition of expectant adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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