hopefullyhope‧ful‧ly /ˈhəʊpfəli $ ˈhoʊp-/ ●●● S1 adverb

- "But," Tim added hopefully, "there's always tomorrow."
- Hopefully I'll be home by nine tonight.
- Hopefully we can find a way of solving this problem.
- He's been resting today, so hopefully he'll be feeling better tomorrow.
- This exercise should give you a good review for the test, hopefully.
- We're hopefully going to keep practicing once a month.
- Despite all those sweaty men who came, rummaged hopefully and yet failed to prise it over his nose.
- It has been pushed beyond the limit by many dealers and hopefully these are the dealers that will have to close.
- It is this special knowledge, or gnosis, which hopefully can make the inside ethnography so different and illuminating.
- They all looked at him, Dalziel interrogatively, Antony hopefully, Connon fearfully.
- This method of operation will hopefully give the team overall control.
what you say when you hope something will happen► hopefully spoken say this when you hope something will happen: · He's been resting today, so hopefully he'll be feeling better tomorrow.· Hopefully we can find a way of solving this problem.
► with any luck also with a little luck spoken say this when you hope something will happen, even though there is a small chance it might not: · With any luck, we'll have this finished by the end of the day.· With a little luck, Ruth will forget all about the party.
► let's hope spoken say this when you hope that something will happen, especially because it will be very unpleasant if it does not: · Let's hope we can find a parking space.· The whole thing has been nothing but heartache and worry. Let's hope nothing like it ever happens again.
► if all goes well spoken say this when you hope something will be successful, but you know that success depends on everything happening in the right way: · If all goes well, I'll be sailing from Vera Cruz in about a week.· The tunnel should be finished by 2010 if all goes well.
VERB► look· He looked hopefully at Zen who waggled his finger and walked off up the street.· At the bus stop he looked hopefully for Gabriel.· They discussed some workhouse business together, and then Mr Bumble looked hopefully at the teapot.
► say· She says hopefully it will be the only opportunity to look inside a prison.· She says hopefully the hunger strike will achieve something.
nounhopehopefulness ≠ hopelessnesshopefuladjectivehopeful ≠ hopelessverbhopeadverbhopefully ≠ hopelessly