"hopefully" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈhəʊpfəli/ [UK], /ˈhoʊpfəli/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hopefully.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more hopefully [comparative], most hopefully [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hopeful|ly}} hopeful + -ly, {{cal|en|de|hoffentlich|nocap=1}} calque of German hoffentlich Head templates: {{en-adv}} hopefully (comparative more hopefully, superlative most hopefully)
  1. In a hopeful manner. Translations (in a hopeful manner): hoopvol (Dutch), espereble (Esperanto), toiveikkaasti (Finnish), hoffnungsvoll (German), con buone speranze (Italian), esperançosamente (Portuguese), с наде́ждой (s nadéždoj) (Russian), hoppfullt (Swedish), umutla (Turkish), ümitle (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hopefully-en-adv-cyQG2ou7 Disambiguation of 'in a hopeful manner': 98 2
  2. (not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope. Tags: not-comparable Translations (it is hoped that): tant de bo (Catalan), forhåbentlig (Danish), hopelijk (Dutch), espereble (Esperanto), toivottavasti (Finnish), avec un peu de chance (French), en espérant que ... (French), hoffentlich (German), remélhetőleg (Hungarian), vonandi (Icelandic), speranzosamente (Italian), 願わくは (negawaku wa) (alt: ねがわくは) (Japanese), 願わくば (negawaku ba) (alt: ねがわくば) (Japanese), 上手くいけば (umaku ikeba) (alt: うまくいけば) (Japanese), hoäpentlik [Paderbornisch] (Low German), semoga (Malay), mudah-mudahan (Malay), moga-moga (Malay), forhåpentlig (Norwegian Bokmål), forhåpentligvis (Norwegian Bokmål), tomara (Portuguese), oxalá (Portuguese), Deus te ouça (Portuguese), наде́юсь (nadéjusʹ) (Russian), ojalá (Spanish), Dios te oiga (Spanish), förhoppningsvis (Swedish), hoppeligen [Finland] (Swedish), inşallah (Turkish), spelabo (Volapük), gobeithio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hopefully-en-adv-SS3EBgX5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'it is hoped that': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "it is hoped that",
      "word": "förhoppningsvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "it is hoped that",
      "tags": [
        "Finland"
      ],
      "word": "hoppeligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "it is hoped that",
      "word": "inşallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "it is hoped that",
      "word": "spelabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "it is hoped that",
      "word": "gobeithio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hopefully"
}

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