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Meanings of anticipative in English

Marked by eager anticipation.

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Usage of anticipative in English
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He hung motionless, a speck in the clear zenith, uncannily anticipative.
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
2
My mother shook her head in anticipative horror, and raised her finger reprovingly.
Devereux — Volume 01
3
The Prince and Phadrig were keenly anticipative, and the latter not a little nervous.
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
4
Good boys he had, well trained, obedient, anticipative, amusing, picturesque in their Oriental dress.
Civilization: Tales of the Orient
5
However, Sir William Brandon appeared very little anticipative of danger.
Paul Clifford — Volume 05
6
But, to this, Bishop Jebb's anticipative answer is ready.
Moby Dick
7
To recount only a few of his unprecedented exploits on that day of anticipative bliss:
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
8
Why not arrange that, out of this sum, your anticipative charge on the Casino property be paid at once?
"My Novel" — Volume 10
9
She marked the eagerly anticipative solicitude of the boyish groom, contrasting it now and then with Ormsby's less obtrusive attentions.
The Grafters
10
The doctor became anticipative.
Other Things Being Equal
11
She had traveled with him so long and so doughtily that he had never been able to form any anticipative picture of himself without her.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
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"Ho, ho," said Mr. Rugge, in hissing accents which had often thrilled the threepenny gallery with anticipative horror.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete
13
"Oh, you'll like it after a while," he said, with anticipative wisdom, "but I shall be left to play with Tom.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
14
He hung motionless, a speck in the clear zenith, uncannily anticipative.
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
15
My mother shook her head in anticipative horror, and raised her finger reprovingly.
Devereux — Volume 01
16
The Prince and Phadrig were keenly anticipative, and the latter not a little nervous.
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
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