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Definition of "looked-for" [looked-for]

  • Same as anticipated, 2. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "looked-for" in a sentence
  • "Beginning perhaps with how she was so far enjoying the Season, and -- because her looked-for departure must depend upon the question!"
  • "Meanwhile, the much looked-for help the federal government has offered will be available only to those Americans whose governors aren't trying to score political points."
  • "The anxiously looked-for period was at length arrived, which had unveiled the mystery of her birth."
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