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English
Etymology
From half- + expect.
Verb
halfexpect (third-person singular simple present halfexpects, present participle halfexpecting, simple past and past participle halfexpected)
- Alternative form of half-expect
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 147:When he held Judah's arm or touched his shoulder he felt the knob of bone and halfexpected the creak of an old door when Judah stepped or reached.