hopefully
/ˈhəʊp.fə.li/US/ˈhoʊp.fə.li/
hopefully adverb: in a hopeful manner.
Adverb
hopefully (comparative more hopefully, superlative most hopefully)
- In a hopeful manner.
- ‘In fifteen minutes I will be at the carpark, sitting hopefully inside a puce Reliant Scimitar.’1993, Alasdair Gray, “You”, in Ten Tales Tall and True
- It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
- Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
- She was buried with her mom and hopefully they are together now.
- Synonyms:
- fingers crossed
hopefully meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
hopefully in Tamil
- நம்பிக்கையுடன்
hopefully in Urdu
- hopefully
- ان شاء اللہ in śā' allāh
hopefully in Bengali
- আশা করি, আশাজনকভাবে
hopefully in Malayalam
- ആശയോടെ, പ്രത്യാശ പുലർത്തിക്കൊണ്ട്, പ്രതീക്ഷയോടെ
More languagesFewer languages
- hopefully in Arabic
- إن شاء الله ʔin šāʔ allāh
- hopefully in Malay
- semoga, mudah-mudahan, moga-moga
Examples of hopefully in a sentence
- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
- Those who have been cracking up the agricultural industry will hopefully reconsider their denigration of it.
- Hopefully she'll coat up before we take her to the dog show.
Synonyms of hopefully
Forms of hopefully
| comparative | more hopefully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hopefully |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from hopefully
Questions about hopefully
- What does hopefully mean?
- Hopefully means in a hopeful manner.
- What is hopefully in Tamil?
- Hopefully in Tamil is நம்பிக்கையுடன். See Hopefully meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hopefully?
- Hopefully is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce hopefully?
- Hopefully is pronounced /ˈhəʊp.fə.li/ (UK).
Words near hopefully in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hopefully (page history and authors); hopefully (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ان شاء اللہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); hopefully (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hopefully (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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