In an anticipating manner; with or showing expectation or hope for something future.
From anticipate + -ing (present participle) + -ly (adverb suffix). The layered suffixes reflect how English builds complexity by stacking grammatical modifiers onto Latin verb roots.
Adding -ly to an -ing form creates an adverb that captures a quality—anticipatingly describes a mood or manner, suggesting the emotional anticipation itself becomes a way of acting or speaking, like 'she smiled anticipatingly.'
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