expectedly

English

Etymology

From expected +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛktɪdli/

Adverb

expectedly (comparative more expectedly, superlative most expectedly)

  1. In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
    Antonym: unexpectedly
    • 2007 February 18, Ben Brantley, “When Adaptation Is Bold Innovation”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      More expectedly (and successfully), the Royal Shakespeare Company offers up a “Richard III” that speaks to contemporary fears of the hatreds that breed fascism, with the eponymous crookback played (by the rising young actor Jonathan Slinger) as a festering skinhead who addresses the audience with the complicity of a caveman comic.

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