as in optimistically
in a positive or optimistic manner
They waited hopefully for the doctor to update them on their friend's condition. When the sun appeared, we asked hopefully if everyone remembered to bring sunblock.
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Recent Examples of hopefully
There will be hopefully less movement in day-to-day tariff rates.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The purpose of higher education should be for students to continue to develop critical thinking skills, to grow, to question, to learn, to mature, and to hopefully develop knowledge that will serve those students in a vocation.
—Rep. Steve Weir, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
There have been others to follow, but hopefully, Suits LA will help inspire future writers and creators to write and cast authentically.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Everyone had the best intentions to deliver something that would be first and foremost unpredictable, and hopefully satisfying.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The purpose of higher education should be for students to continue to develop critical thinking skills, to grow, to question, to learn, to mature, and to hopefully develop knowledge that will serve those students in a vocation.
—Rep. Steve Weir, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
There have been others to follow, but hopefully, Suits LA will help inspire future writers and creators to write and cast authentically.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Everyone had the best intentions to deliver something that would be first and foremost unpredictable, and hopefully satisfying.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopefully
happily
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Burns is happily married to a shorter man who doesn’t mind that his wife has several inches on him.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Fifteen kids happily stomp their sneakers to the count.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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“Hopefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopefully. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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