waitingly

Meanings

• adverb

  Expressing or showing patience and readiness to act or respond, especially when someone is taking a long time.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with waitingly
mate , fate , late , great , hate

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Variants

List of all variants of waitingly that leads to same result
witting , wittingly , wittingly or not , wittingly or unwittingly

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Etymology

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From wait + -ing, from the verb 'to wait'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'waiting room' originated in the late 17th century when patients would wait in a room near the doctor's office for their turn to be seen.

2. In literature, the character of Heathcliff in 'Wuthering Heights' is described as waiting 'waitingly' for Catherine to return to him.

3. The longest recorded wait in history was by a Chinese man named Wang Guangmei, who waited for 20 years for his wife to return from the dead.

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Related Concepts

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1. Patience: The ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

2. Anticipation: The feeling of excitement and eagerness about something that is going to happen.

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Culture

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Waitingly is often used in various literary works to describe a character's patience and anticipation, such as in Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' and Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'.

How to Memorize "waitingly"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person waiting quietly and calmly for something to happen, such as a student waiting for the teacher to call on them in class.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'waitingly' with the feeling of calmness and readiness to act.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Waiting Patiently Is A Key' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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