HOPEFULLY Definition & Meaning

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hopefully

[ hohp-fuh-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a hopeful manner:
We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
it is hoped; if all goes well:
Hopefully, we will get to the show on time.

hopefully

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adverb

in a hopeful manner
informal.
it is hoped
hopefully they will be here soon

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Usage Note

Although some strongly object to its use as a sentence modifier, hopefully meaning “it is hoped (that)” has been in use since the 1930s and is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing: Hopefully, tensions between the two nations will ease. This use of hopefully is parallel to that of certainly, curiously, frankly, regrettably, and other sentence modifiers.

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Usage

The use of hopefully to mean it is hoped used to be considered incorrect by some people but has now become acceptable in informal contexts

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hopefully¹

First recorded in 1630–40; hopeful + -ly

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Example Sentences

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“It will be an issue to, hopefully, sooner rather than later, bring to resolution,” she told me.

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“I think we saw a lot of businesses open because we, maybe wrongly, maybe hopefully, assumed that would remain,” McGilbert said.

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"It's still my dream to be an author and hopefully write full time. It's incredibly difficult now, it's going to be more difficult with AI coming in."

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"It's going to be a day that - hopefully - you're going to look back in years to come and you're going to say, you know, he was right."

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Reflecting on her new hands, she said: "I will never forget that I'm lucky. I'll never forget where they've come from, and hopefully I will give them a good life."

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