Hopefully

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hopefully
       adv 1: with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a
              good position" [ant: {hopelessly}]
       2: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hopefully":
     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