What does hopefully mean?
Definitions for hopefully
ˈhoʊp fə lihope·ful·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hopefully.
Princeton's WordNet
hopefullyadverb
with hope; in a hopeful manner
"we searched hopefully for a good position"
hopefullyadverb
it is hoped
"hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"
GCIDE
Hopefullyadverb
In a hopeful manner.
Hopefullyadverb
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.
Wiktionary
hopefullyadverb
It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
hopefullyadverb
In a hopeful manner.
In justifying the new parking structure, the council looked hopefully to rising retail sales downtown.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hopefully' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1279
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hopefully' in Adverbs Frequency: #301
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hopefully in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hopefully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of hopefully in a Sentence
Mendocino County Sheriff-Coroner Thomas Allman:
The Hart family is hopefully resting in peace.
I do think that you would have a meaningful piece of legislation if you focus specifically on things that Cory Booker have in common and gave Cory Booker a little breathing room for the things that Cory Booker don't, but Cory Booker're not there yet. Cory Booker're going to keep working on what Cory Booker're working on and hopefully Cory Booker get that.
In honor of her, hopefully it’ll raise a lot of money for kids.
European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici:
Good behavior will hopefully chase out bad behavior. Tax avoidance is bad publicity for companies.
He'll be quite familiar with the issues and hopefully, at least, it will allow him to rule relatively expeditiously on some of these things, but I think it is significant that he's got a history of defending aggressive interpretations of executive privilege.
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Translations for hopefully
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- إن شاء اللهArabic
- doufejmeCzech
- hoffnungsvoll, hoffentlichGerman
- ελπίGreek
- esperebleEsperanto
- con suerte, ojaláSpanish
- toiveikkaasti, toivottavastiFinnish
- avec optimisme, [[avec]] [[un]] [[peu]] [[de]] [[chance]], espérerFrench
- उम्मीद है किHindi
- remélhetőlegHungarian
- semoga sajaIndonesian
- vonandiIcelandic
- 희망Korean
- hopefullyLatin
- hoopvol, hopelijkDutch
- oxalá, esperançosamente, tomaraPortuguese
- надежда, надеятьсяRussian
- hoppfullt, förhoppningsvisSwedish
- ümitle, inşallah, umutlaTurkish
- spelaboVolapük
- אַלעווייַYiddish
- 希望Chinese
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