expectantly
adverb uk/ɪkˈspek.tənt.li/ us/ɪkˈspek.tənt.li/
（对愉快或令人激动的事情）期待地，渴望地，盼望地
in an expectant way (= thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen)
The dog looked up at John expectantly. 狗一脸期待地抬头看着约翰。
He took out a little notebook and waited expectantly. 他拿出一个小笔记本，满怀期待地等待着。
See: expectant
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- The audience shifted expectantly in their seats.
- There were rows of vultures shuffling expectantly on the tin roof.
- The little girls were standing expectantly around their father who was distributing their long-awaited pocket money.