Expected and Wished

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Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.

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Wished and expected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wished" instead a verb "Expected".

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Expected and wished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expected" instead a verb "Wished".

Nearby Words: wish, wishing, wisher

When Edward VIII (reigned 1936) abdicated, his successor, George VI (reigned 1936-1952), was reluctant to take up the post, as he had never expected or wished for the position.

Source: Spare to the Throne
But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day.

Source: Film / The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Parson himself has expressed this attitude, given that he has found leading an army according to wargame rules (as he wished for just before being summoned) is a lot more harrowing than expected.

Source: Webcomic / Erfworld

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