Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Inevitable and expected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inevitable" instead an adjective "Expected".
Inevitable
Inevitable adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.
Expected and inevitable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expected" instead an adjective "Inevitable".
Nearby Words: inevitability, inevitably
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Curb-Stomp Battle: An inevitable and expected outcome whenever Yankumi takes off her glasses and pigtails.
Source: Manga / Gokusen -
Everything up to the characters' inevitable deaths, arrests, and/or visits to a living hell is expected to be played for pitch-dark comedy.
Source: Black Comedy - Either he gives a Rousing Speech, the expected winner squanders his initial advantage, or some Deus ex Machina comes along to derail the supposedly inevitable outcome.
Source: Dork Horse Candidate
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