expectantly
Awaiting something eagerly
Expectantly describes doing something while anticipating a particular outcome.
Someone who looks at you expectantly is waiting for you to speak or act: The dog sat expectantly by the door.
She glanced expectantly at the mailbox.
The word conveys hopeful attention directed toward something about to happen.
With keen enthusiasm
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- watchingActively looking at something
- hopingDesiring with expectation
- breathlesslyWithout pausing to inhale
poised · ready · alert · attentive · vigilant · keenly · intently · watchfully
With positive expectations
- hopefullyWith optimistic expectation
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- yearninglyWith intense wistful desire
- longinglyWith intense desire
trustingly · confidently · sanguinely · brightly · positively · faith · promise · dreams
In an anxious manner
- apprehensivelyWith fearful expectation
- tenselyIn strained manner
- uneasilyIn a worried manner
- warilyWith watchful caution
edgily · restlessly · fretfully · jitterily · worriedly · fearfully · agitatedly · concernedly
eagerly
With keen enthusiasm
breathlessly · poised · ready · alert · attentive · vigilant · keenly · intently · watchfully · impatiently
optimistically
With positive expectations
- hopefullyWith optimistic expectation
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- yearninglyWith intense wistful desire
longingly · trustingly · confidently · sanguinely · brightly · positively · faith · promise · dreams · desire
nervously
In an anxious manner
- apprehensivelyWith fearful expectation
- tenselyIn strained manner
- uneasilyIn a worried manner
warily · edgily · restlessly · fretfully · jitterily · worriedly · fearfully · agitatedly · concernedly · butterflies
expectantlyhopelessly
Without any expectation
despairingly · pessimistically · resignedly · doubtfully · defeatedly
expectantlyindifferently
Without preference or concern
apathetically · disinterestedly · uncaringly · impassively · passively
- expectant parents
- expectant fatherMan awaiting offspring's arrival