| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Expectative.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb expectively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (expectively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective expective.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPECTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Expective \Ex*pect"ive\, adjective. Expectative. [Rare]. (references) |
