hopefully
Pronunciation Adverb
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Pronunciation Adverb
hopefully
- In a hopeful manner. [from 17th c.]
- 1993, Alasdair Gray, ‘You’, Ten Tales Tall and True:
- ‘In fifteen minutes I will be at the carpark, sitting hopefully inside a puce Reliant Scimitar.’
- 1993, Alasdair Gray, ‘You’, Ten Tales Tall and True:
- (uncomparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope. [from 18th c.]
- Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
- French: avec un peu de chance, espérer
- German: hoffentlich
- Low German: hoäpentlik (Paderbornisch)
- Portuguese: tomara, oxalá
- Russian: надеяться
- Spanish: ojalá
- German: hoffnungsvoll
- Portuguese: esperançosamente
- Russian: надежда
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