expectance

Roget-categorie 871

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.4. Contemplative affections

#871. [Absence of wonder.] Expectance

zelfstandig naamwoord

expectance etc. (expectation) 507.
example, instance (conformity) 82.
normality (habit) 613.
nine days' wonder.

werkwoord

expect etc. 507 — not be surprised, not wonder etc. 870 — nil admirari [Lat.], make nothing of.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

expecting etc. v. — unamazed, astonished at nothing — blase etc. (weary) 841 — expected etc. v. — foreseen — unsurprising.
common, ordinary, normal, typical, usual etc. (habitual) 613.

bijwoord

naturally, as a matter of course.

tussenwerpsel

no wonder — of course.

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