hopefully 音标拼音: [h'opfəli]
ad . 抱有希望地;可以指望
抱有希望地;可以指望
hopefully adv 1 :
with hope ;
in a hopeful manner ; "
we searched hopefully for a good position " [
ant : {
hopelessly }]
2 :
it is hoped ; "
hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday "
Hopeful \
Hope "
ful \,
a .
1 .
Full of hope ,
or agreeable expectation ;
inclined to hope ;
expectant .
[
1913 Webster ]
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited . --
Hooker .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Having qualities which excite hope ;
affording promise of good or of success ;
as ,
a hopeful youth ;
a hopeful prospect . "
Hopeful scholars ." --
Addison . -- {
Hope "
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ly },
adv . -- {
Hope "
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ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
Hopefully \
Hope "
ful *
ly \,
adv .
1 .
In a hopeful manner .
[
PJC ]
2 .
I hope ;
if all goes well ;
as ,
hopefully ,
the dress will be ready before the party .
Note :
Some prescriptivists object to this usage as being ungrammatical ,
but it is very common and well understood .
It is usually used to begin a sentence describing a desired future event .
[
PJC ]
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hopefully ":
after a time ,
after a while ,
afterward ,
afterwards ,
airily ,
anon ,
anticipatingly ,
anticipatively ,
anticipatorily ,
before long ,
blithely ,
by and by ,
by destiny ,
cheerfully ,
cheerily ,
confidently ,
expectantly ,
expectedly ,
expectingly ,
fatally ,
fondly ,
genially ,
gladly ,
happily ,
hopingly ,
imminently ,
in aftertime ,
in the future ,
irrepressibly ,
jauntily ,
joyfully ,
later ,
lightly ,
optimistically ,
pleasantly ,
predictably ,
probably ,
proximo ,
sanguinely ,
smilingly ,
soon ,
tomorrow ,
with bated breath ,
with breathless expectation ,
with good cheer
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