anticipative
Example Sentences
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Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.
From Time Magazine Archive
X 151 note 1.63.On the anticipative construct, see § 138 of the grammar.64.nu-mal are uncertain.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen
The Mother thought she had never been so happy before in her life, and the ugly little beast yelped with anticipative joy.
From The Very Small Person by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
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.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
