adv
Meaning 1
In a hopeful manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hopefully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈhəʊp.fə.li/
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US: /ˈhoʊp.fə.li/
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 P F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
- She was buried with her mom and hopefully they are together now.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
it is hoped
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
with hope; in a hopeful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we searched hopefully for a good position
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hopelessly
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English hopeful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopefully From hopeful + -ly. The use as a sentence adverb first gained currency in the United States and has been explained as a possible calque of German hoffentlich.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: hoopvol — in a hopeful manner
- Esperanto: espereble — in a hopeful manner
- Finnish: toiveikkaasti — in a hopeful manner
- German: hoffnungsvoll — in a hopeful manner
- Italian: con buone speranze — in a hopeful manner
- Portuguese: esperançosamente — in a hopeful manner
- Russian: с наде́ждой (s nadéždoj) — in a hopeful manner
- Spanish: esperanzadamente — in a hopeful manner
- Spanish: aguardantemente — in a hopeful manner
- Swedish: hoppfullt — in a hopeful manner
- Turkish: umutla — in a hopeful manner
- Turkish: ümitle — in a hopeful manner
- Arabic: إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh) — it is hoped that
- Catalan: tant de bo — it is hoped that
- Chinese Mandarin: 但願 /但愿 (dànyuàn) — it is hoped that
- Chinese Mandarin: 可望 (kěwàng) — it is hoped that
- Danish: forhåbentlig — it is hoped that
- Dutch: hopelijk — it is hoped that
- Esperanto: espereble — it is hoped that
- Finnish: toivottavasti — it is hoped that
- French: avec un peu de chance — it is hoped that
- French: en espérant que ... — it is hoped that
- German: hoffentlich — it is hoped that
- Hungarian: remélhetőleg — it is hoped that
- Icelandic: vonandi — it is hoped that
- Italian: speranzosamente — it is hoped that
- Japanese: 願わくは (negawaku wa) — it is hoped that
- Japanese: 願わくば (negawaku ba) — it is hoped that
- Japanese: 上手くいけば (umaku ikeba) — it is hoped that
- Low German: hoäpentlik — it is hoped that
- Malay: semoga — it is hoped that
- Malay: mudah-mudahan — it is hoped that
- Malay: moga-moga — it is hoped that
- Norwegian Bokmål: forhåpentlig — it is hoped that
- Norwegian Bokmål: forhåpentligvis — it is hoped that
- Portuguese: tomara — it is hoped that
- Portuguese: oxalá — it is hoped that
- Portuguese: Deus te ouça — it is hoped that
- Russian: наде́юсь (nadéjusʹ) — it is hoped that
- Spanish: ojalá — it is hoped that
- Spanish: Dios te oiga — it is hoped that
- Spanish: amalaya — it is hoped that
- Spanish: quienquita — it is hoped that
- Swedish: förhoppningsvis — it is hoped that
- Swedish: hoppeligen — it is hoped that
- Turkish: inşallah — it is hoped that
- Volapük: spelabo — it is hoped that
- Welsh: gobeithio — it is hoped that