hopefully
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1.3
- adverb
- /ˈhoʊpfəli/
:
con esperanza
- The woman stared hopefully into the ancient cowboy's weathered face.
- said hopefully
And then we'll have potatoes hopefully in this area.
- And then we'll have potatoes hopefully in this area.
- So yeah, that's, that's hopefully what they are doing.
- And and in the end, hopefully you find your own voice.
- But I'll, you know, hopefully I'll see you later this week.
- This is hopefully what we will finish with.
- That doesn't make it easy, but hopefully makes it possible.
- So hopefully Ben will be back with us soon.
- This is where hopefully we can finesse a degree into MIT.
- I don't see it, but hopefully it would be there.
Examples
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It's nice to be back at Brandeis, hopefully soon in person.
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This is the last trip for hopefully like a month or so.
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So we should see now this thing should hopefully start.
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But I think we'll start seeing hopefully some flowers very soon.
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All right, we will see you hopefully next week then.
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OK, so hopefully you can see my screen again.
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The small crowd of witnesses looks on hopefully.
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Don't you know it's better to travel hopefully than to arrive?
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Kay looked for support from his father, and Ector looked hopefully at Myrddin for his interpretation of events.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'll submit my application tomorrow, and hopefully, I'll hear back soon.
Synonyms
37
3.5
If everything goes well
9
3.4
Shows hope and confidence about the future
In a hopeful and confident way
Antonyms
How Hopeful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hopefully comes from the simple word hope and the adjective hopeful ('full of hope') plus the ending -ly, which makes it mean 'in a hopeful way'. So when someone looks or waits hopefully, they are acting 'with hope', and that explains this adverb form.