HOPEFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hopefully mean? 

• HOPEFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb HOPEFULLY has 2 senses:

1. with hope; in a hopeful manner

2. it is hoped

  Familiarity information: HOPEFULLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOPEFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With hope; in a hopeful manner

Context example:

we searched hopefully for a good position

Antonym:

hopelessly (without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success)

Pertainym:

hopeful (having or manifesting hope)

Sense 2

Meaning:

It is hoped

Context example:

hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday

 Context examples 

If a friend owes you money, that could be the core of the problem, as it won’t likely come—hopefully, you won’t mix money with friendship.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The results suggest that if we could shut down PIEZO2 in the area of a wound, we would hopefully relieve the pain and speed recovery.

(Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury, National Institutes of Health)

“Come, brother Stephen, he hath some tincture of letters,” said the melancholy man more hopefully.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"They may return with much meat," he quavered hopefully.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He looked at her quickly, half-hopefully, and then said, all regretfully: Too late.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It is the shadow of pain which touches the young face with such pathetic patience, but Beth seldom complains and always speaks hopefully of 'being better soon'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But until Weimerskirch and other researchers return to Pig Island — hopefully, he said, in early 2019 — they won't know for sure.

(Study: World's Largest King Penguin Colony Declines Sharply, VOA)

Next-generation telescopes, such as NASA’s TESS and James Webb Telescopes, will hopefully be able to identify and potentially characterise many more planets that lie within the abiogenesis zone.

(Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth, University of Cambridge)

It also provides an important insight into the pathophysiology of insomnia and the role of orexin in arousal regulation, which will hopefully lead to the first step to develop remedies for sleep disorders.

(The Secret Connection between Anxiety, Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Against such a sight, and against such determination as that of the calmly desperate man who was already accustomed to lead half the people present, I might as hopefully have entreated the wind.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)