1 used to express what you hope will happen:
Hopefully, we'll arrive before dark.
HELPNOTE Although this is the most common use of hopefully, it is a fairly new use and some people think it is incorrect.
2 hoping that what you want will happen:
'Are you free tonight?' she asked hopefully.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of hopefully come from?
This entry for hopefully is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hopefully a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hopefully is tagged as adverb.
Does hopefully appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — hopefully appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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