Hopefully
Synonyms for hopefully
adv optimistically
surely
confidently
positively
expectantly
sanguinely
trustfully
trustingly
with confidence
with hope
Antonyms for hopefully
doubtfully
gloomily
hopelessly
Synonyms
adv probably
conceivably
expectedly
feasibly
Antonyms
doubtfully
gloomily
hopelessly
Usage Notes
Although some strongly object to its use as a sentence modifier, hopefully meaning “it is hoped (that)” has been in use since the 1930s and is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing: Hopefully, tensions between the two nations will ease. This use of hopefully is parallel to that of certainly, curiously, frankly, regrettably, and other sentence modifiers.
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