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▪ I. hoping, vbl. n.|ˈhəʊpɪŋ| [f. hope v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb hope; hope; † trust.
a1300Cursor M. 27016 Again þe toþer hoping þat es in werldes welth. a1400–50Alexander 4518 Ȝe haue na hoping in þat hathill at on hiȝe sittis. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 62 A few years of confident hopings and unreserved trustings. ▪ II. ˈhoping, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That hopes; hopeful. Hence ˈhopingly adv., hopefully.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. x. lvi. (1612) 247 Contrarie to it that all did hopingly affect. 1842Manning Serm. (1848) I. 374 Out of a hoping timidity. 1883Von Bunsen in Harper's Mag. Aug. 367/2 Hopingly yet gravely did he ride into Versailles. |