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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)

hopefully

/ˈhəʊpfəli/

adverb

in a manner wishing something to happen

  • “Hopefully you can rest and relax on the flight home.”Tatoeba
  • “Hopefully, we can put all of this behind us.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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