expectedly

English

Etymology

From expected +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛktɪdli/

Adverb

expectedly (comparative more expectedly, superlative most expectedly)

1. In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
   • 2007 February 18, Ben Brantley, “When Adaptation Is Bold Innovation”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     More expectedly (and successfully), the Royal Shakespeare Company offers up a “Richard III” that speaks to contemporary fears of the hatreds that breed fascism, with the eponymous crookback played (by the rising young actor Jonathan Slinger) as a festering skinhead who addresses the audience with the complicity of a caveman comic.

Translations

as expected; predictably

• Hungarian: várhatóan (hu)
• Japanese: 案の定 (ja) (annojo), 予想通り (yosōdōri)