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
hopefully(adverb)
with hope; in a hopeful manner
"we searched hopefully for a good position"
hopefully(adverb)
it is hoped
"hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"
GCIDE
Hopefully(adv.)
In a hopeful manner.
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.
Wiktionary
hopefully(Adverb)
It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
hopefully(Adverb)
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
Hopefully he did not suffer.
Hopefully a deal will happen.
Hopefully, soon, they'll get that fixed.
Hopefully we will decide in Farnborough.
Mendocino County Sheriff-Coroner Thomas Allman:
The Hart family is hopefully resting in peace.
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Translations for hopefully
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- إن شاء اللهArabic
- doufejmeCzech
- hoffentlich, hoffnungsvollGerman
- ελπίGreek
- esperebleEsperanto
- ojalá, con suerteSpanish
- toiveikkaasti, toivottavastiFinnish
- espérer, [[avec]] [[un]] [[peu]] [[de]] [[chance]], avec optimismeFrench
- उम्मीद है किHindi
- remélhetőlegHungarian
- semoga sajaIndonesian
- vonandiIcelandic
- 희망Korean
- hopefullyLatin
- hoopvol, hopelijkDutch
- tomara, esperançosamente, oxaláPortuguese
- надеяться, надеждаRussian
- förhoppningsvis, hoppfulltSwedish
- umutla, inşallah, ümitleTurkish
- spelaboVolapük
- אַלעווייַYiddish
- 希望Chinese
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