Definitions for hopefully
ˈhoʊp fə lihope·ful·ly

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. hopefully(adverb)

   with hope; in a hopeful manner

   "we searched hopefully for a good position"

2. hopefully(adverb)

   it is hoped

   "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"

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1. Hopefully(adv.)

   In a hopeful manner.

2. Hopefully(adv.)

   I hope; if all goes well; as, hopefully, the dress will be ready before the party. Some prescriptivists object to this usage as being ungrammatical, but it is very common and well understood. It is usually used to begin a sentence describing a desired future event.

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1. hopefully(Adverb)

   It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.

   Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.

2. hopefully(Adverb)

   In a hopeful manner.

   In justifying the new parking structure, the council looked hopefully to rising retail sales downtown.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hopefully' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1279

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hopefully' in Adverbs Frequency: #301

How to pronounce hopefully?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say hopefully in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hopefully in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hopefully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hopefully in a Sentence

1. Officer Carlson:

   I wish I could’ve done more … Hopefully, from this, Phil will get a job.

2. John Strang:

   We just concluded a two-year project bringing together specialists who either published in this are or working with this co-occurrence to produce a set of guidelines, hopefully those will be out soon.

3. Paul Brouwer:

   He was here for just such a short time that it was a tragedy to say the least. Hopefully with this his spirit can rest easy.

4. Ted Lieu:

   Hopefully this will work, but we won't know for some time, but I do commend them for taking action.

5. Lewis Hickson:

   The last time I was there, I got bedbugs. Hopefully, I can find a shelter somewhere that's presentable and me and my girl can go and make a stay for the winter. you try to encourage them to come in out of the cold.

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