Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anticipation; beforehand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
anticipatory manner.
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Examples
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CTD says that decision "anticipatorily" breaches the contract because it requires "Global to air the Programs during the contracted-for time period, and Global has no right to terminate the Agreements prior to their scheduled expirations."
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Are you still right since the market anticipatorily priced them weeks or months ago?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Standing and Ripeness in State Lawsuits: 2010
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Are you still right since the market anticipatorily priced them weeks or months ago?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Standing and Ripeness in State Lawsuits: 2010
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"Need an indoor rowing machine, today?" serial emails from the site ask you anticipatorily, ready for another $900 this week and every week.
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"What did he say," Keaton asked, anticipatorily smiling to whatever funny thing Frank might have said.
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People motivate themselves and guide their actions anticipatorily by the exercise of forethought.
Self-Efficacy - Albert Bandura William Harryman 2009
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“Without any deceptive intention on his part . . .” obviously refers anticipatorily to the Commissioner of Patents.
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Otherwise, one might reasonably expect a wait and see attitude (of, say, more than two days) before piling on and (mis) characterizing/concluding the site is ‘broken’ or ‘a train wreck’, etc., or calling for “death pools”/anticipatorily wishing to strike a death knell for the newborn OSM as many seem intent on engineering/err, opining.
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A preview of the war from the Right which is sure to waged if premature withdraw from Iraq is attempted, is found in this well-reasoned and anticipatorily angry objection from the intellectually honest, pro-war conservative blogger John Cole:
The Pro-War Right v. 2006 Elections Glenn Greenwald 2005
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A preview of the war from the Right which is sure to waged if premature withdraw from Iraq is attempted, is found in this well-reasoned and anticipatorily angry objection from the intellectually honest, pro-war conservative blogger John Cole:
Archive 2005-11-01 Glenn Greenwald 2005
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