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[ adverb ] with hope; in a hopeful manner

Examples

"we searched hopefully for a good position"

Used in print

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

She studied him hopefully , yearningly ; against the limitless background of sky and wasteland it was easy to confirm her analysis .

(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)

Todman said excitedly , and hopefully .

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Suddenly a treble auto horn tootley-toot-tootled , and , thumbing hopefully , I saw emergent in windshield flash : red lips , streaming silk of blonde hair and - ah , trembling confusion of hope , apprehension , despair - the leering face of old Herry .

Related terms

hopelessly hopeful hopeful

2
[ adverb ] it is hoped

Examples

"hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"

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Rhymes with

woefully helpfully joyfully awfully totally purposefully thoughtfully globally vocally locally ruefully unlawfully dreadfully delightfully tactfully respectfully frightfully gratefully wistfully tastefully regretfully happily lawfully wonderfully masterfully socially usefully emotionally rightfully unsuccessfully skillfully gracefully blissfully artfully anencephaly forcefully successfully fitfully unhappily wrongfully dutifully pitifully truthfully royally loyally peacefully gainfully wilfully gleefully cheerfully tearfully manfully painfully willfully playfully carefully subfamily faithfully meaningfully mercifully thankfully wishfully monopoly heavily oligopoly sloppily family fatally finally homily exceptionally speedily typically scientifically philosophically geographically emotionally noisily heartily conceptually napoli skeptically handily hastily clumsily superficially officially artificially specially peripherally tripoli sleepily beneficially unofficially especially usually hyperbole bodily wobbly tivoli orally tully peripherally municipally temporally crucially exceptionally unequivocally eerily easily italy editorially partially abnormally individually momentarily horizontally secondarily judicially territorially voluntarily informally internally impartially externally cordially tactically optimistically statistically morally busily actually majestically frantically industrially romantically connolly bubbly racially vitally journalistically practically gloomily brutally frugally sully gully gravelly generally tangentially perennially supremely viscerally federally substantially obscenely accidentally uncannily experimentally abysmally bilaterally facsimile environmentally materially fundamentally exponentially serenely sequentially semiannually financially literally liberally scantily coincidentally circumstantially satisfactorily eventually initially temporarily incidentally confidentially commercially centrally radially provincially temperamentally preferentially potentially essentially unilaterally jubilee developmentally wittily paradoxically electrically subtly wiggly normally governmentally nattily

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

hopeful hopefulness

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