2
waited
2
welcomed(verb, conventional, customary, established, desired)
2
wonted(adjective, common, natural, usual, regular)
2
workaday(adjective, common, natural, normal, constant)
2
yearned(verb, desired, hoped)
1
hoped for(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, witting)
1
about to happen(expression, idiom, imminent, forthcoming, promising)
1
acceptable(reasonable, apt, possible, hopeful, probable)
1
achievable(reasonable, fair, apt, inclined, possible)
1
acquitted
1
almost on one(expression, idiom, imminent, forthcoming, promising)
1
anticipate
1
appropriate
1
apt(fair, inclined, possible, hopeful, probable)
1
archetypal
1
archetypical
1
asked
1
aspired(verb, hoped)
1
aspiring(adjective, imminent, forthcoming, promising, subsequent)
1
assuring(reasonable, fair, apt, inclined, possible)
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