'Hopefully' definitions:
Definition of 'hopefully'
From: WordNet
adverb
With hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position" [ant: hopelessly]
adverb
It is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"
Definition of 'Hopefully'
From: GCIDE
- Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a.
- 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. [1913 Webster]
- Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- {Hope"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hopefully'
From: GCIDE
- Hopefully \Hope"ful*ly\, adv.
- 1. In a hopeful manner. [PJC]
- 2. I hope; if all goes well; as, hopefully, the dress will be ready before the party.
- Note: 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. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'hopefully'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- after a time,
- after a while,
- afterward,
- afterwards,
- airily,
- anon,
- anticipatingly,
- anticipatively,
- anticipatorily,
- before long,
- blithely,
- by and by,
- by destiny,
- cheerfully,
- cheerily,
- confidently,
- expectantly,
- expectedly,
- expectingly,
- fatally,
- fondly,
- genially,
- gladly,
- happily,
- hopingly,
- imminently,
- in aftertime,
- in the future,
- irrepressibly,
- jauntily,
- joyfully,
- later,
- lightly,
- optimistically,
- pleasantly,
- predictably,
- probably,
- proximo,
- sanguinely,
- smilingly,
- soon,
- tomorrow,
- with bated breath,
- with breathless expectation,
- with good cheer
Words containing 'Hopefully'
- Hope,
- Hope, IN,
- Hoped,
- Hopeful,
- Hopefulness,
- Hoping,
- Hopingly,
- hoped for,
- A forlorn hope,
- East Hope,
- Glen Hope,
- Good Hope,
- Hope Mills,
- Hope Valley,
- Hope, AK,
- Hope, AR,
- Hope, ID,
- Hope, KS,
- Hope, ND,
- Hope, NM,
- Isle of Hope,
- Mount Hope,
- New Hope,
- Pleasant Hope,
- Point Hope,
- Port Hope,
- Spring Hope,
- bob hope,
- dashed hope,
- dashing hopes,
- forlorn hope,
- hope chest,
- hoped-for,
- white hope,
- East Hope, ID,
- Glen Hope, PA,
- Good Hope, AL,
- Good Hope, GA,
- Good Hope, IL,
- Hope Mills, NC,
- Hope Valley, RI,
- Isle of Hope, GA,
- Mount Hope, KS,
- Mount Hope, WI,
- Mount Hope, WV,
- New Hope, AL,
- New Hope, MN,
- New Hope, MS,
- New Hope, PA,
- New Hope, TN,
- New Hope, TX,
- Pleasant Hope, MO,
- Point Hope, AK,
- Port Hope, MI,
- Reid Hope King,
- Spring Hope, NC,
- cape of good hope,
- great white hope,
- john hope franklin,
- leslie townes hope,
- Reid Hope King, TX,
- cape of good hope province