anticipative
Example Sentences
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The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cry of the angel, announcing her fall, as Mr. Elliot remarks, seems to be anticipative, and not retrospective.
From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Sylvester Bliss
Jubilation glowed in the witch's glance; anticipative relish of the flavour of triumph lent her voice a shriller note.
From Nobody by W. L. Jacobs
For there was a very remarkable comet visible during most of the time, and Dapsul, ever melancholy and anticipative of evil, considered that he was involved in its influence.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann
