hopefully

Adverb

Meaning

it is hoped

with hope; in a hopeful manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fortunately probably happily brightly confidently cheerfully perchance blithely gladly genially smilingly joyfully promisingly cheerily expectedly

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Antonyms

unfortunately desperately depressingly doubtfully gloomily disapprovingly

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Phrases with the word

hopefully in private

Examples

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. Robert Louis Stevenson

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train! Mariah Carey

You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience. Alan Rickman

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it. Steven Gerrard

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Spanish Proverb

Better to travel hopefully than to arrive. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hopeful sign hopeful task hopefull hopefully in private hopefulness Hopeh