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hopingly

hopingly adverb: in a hopeful manner.

Adverb

hopingly (comparative more hopingly, superlative most hopingly)

  1. In a hopeful manner.
    • One sign of despair is the peremptory contempt of the condition which is the ground of hope; the going on not only in terrours and amazement of conscience, but also boldly, hopingly, and confidently in wilful habits of sin.1644, Henry Hammond, Practical Catechism
    • […] we deplore the existence of the system in our country, and look forward hopingly to the day when it shall cease from the land, as a day of jubilee and thanksgiving to all America.1832, Caleb Cushing, An Oration

Forms of hopingly

comparativemore hopingly
superlativemost hopingly

Origin of hopingly

From hoping + -ly.

Questions about hopingly

What does hopingly mean?
Hopingly means in a hopeful manner.
What part of speech is hopingly?
Hopingly is an adverb.

Words near hopingly in the dictionary

  1. hopias
  2. hopin'
  3. Hopiness
  4. hoping
  5. hoping against hope
  6. hopingly
  7. hopings
  8. Hopis
  9. hopium
  10. Hopkin
  11. Hopkins

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