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hopefully 音标拼音: [h'opfəli] ad. 抱有希望地;可以指望 抱有希望地;可以指望 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" 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] 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] 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
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