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hopefully
adverb
in
a
way
that
shows
hope
or
confidence
about
the
future
•
She
waited
hopefully
outside
the
classroom
for
her
exam
results
.
She
waited
hopefully
outside
the
classroom
for
her
exam
results
.
•
The
children
looked
hopefully
at
their
father
as
he
opened
the
ice-cream
freezer
.
The
children
looked
hopefully
at
their
father
as
he
opened
the
ice-cream
freezer
.
Formed
from
the
adjective
hopeful
+
adverbial
suffix
-ly
;
first
recorded
in
the
17th
century
.
adverb
used
at
the
beginning
of
a
statement
to
express
what
you
hope
will
happen
•
Hopefully
,
the
rain
will
stop
before
the
picnic
starts
.
Hopefully
,
the
rain
will
stop
before
the
picnic
starts
.
•
Hopefully
,
we
can
finish
our
project
by
Friday
.
Hopefully
,
we
can
finish
our
project
by
Friday
.
Emerging
as
a
sentence
adverb
in
American
English
in
the
early
20th
century
,
influenced
by
similar
adverbs
like
"
luckily
".
