hopefully
advEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English hopeful Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopefully From hopeful + -ly. The use as a sentence adverb first gained currency in the United States and has been explained as a possible calque of German hoffentlich.
- calqued from hoffentlich
Definitions
In a hopeful manner.
- ‘In fifteen minutes I will be at the carpark, sitting hopefully inside a puce Reliant Scimitar.’
It is hoped that
It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
- Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
- She was buried with her mom and hopefully they are together now.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hopefully. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA