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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - hopefully

 
 

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Hopefully

hopefully
You say hopefully when mentioning something that you hope will happen. Some careful speakers of English think that this use of hopefully is not correct, but it is very frequently used. Hopefully, you won’t have any problems after reading this. ADV: ADV with cl/group
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   adverb  Date: 1593  1. in a hopeful manner  2. it is hoped ; I hope ; we hope ~ the rain will end soon Usage:  In the 1960s the second sense of ~, which dates to the early 18th century and had been in fairly widespread use since at least the 1930s, underwent a surge in popularity. A surge of criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of ~ is entirely standard. ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
  adv. 1 in a hopeful manner. 2 disp. (qualifying a whole sentence) it is to be hoped (hopefully, the car will be ready by then). ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
  1. с надеждой he looked at me hopefully —- он с надеждой посмотрел на меня 2. вселяя надежду, благоприятно things were turning out hopefully —- развитие событий обнадеживало 3. надо надеяться, как можно надеяться; я надеюсь, мы надеемся hopefully we will get to the show on time —- надо надеяться, что мы не опоздаем на представление ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  ~ adv 1 sentence adverb used when you are saying what you hope will happen  (Hopefully we can solve the problem.) 2 in a way that shows that you are hopeful  ("Will there be any food left over?" he asked hopefully.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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