Meaning & use
hopefully
Used to express what the speaker wishes or expects will happen.
See it in a sentence
Hopefully, the weather will clear up before the outdoor wedding starts.
We sent the application last week and are hopefully awaiting a reply.
A note on using this word
Hopefully most commonly opens a sentence to mean "I hope that," though its older, stricter sense means "in a hopeful manner," as in "she waited hopefully by the phone."
Words with a similar meaning
with luckideally
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Another way to use it
2. adverb
In a manner that shows hope or optimism.
The dog looked up hopefully whenever someone opened the fridge.
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