Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HOPE'FUL-LY
HOPE'FUL-LY, adv.
- In a manner to raise hope; in a way promising good. He prosecutes his scheme hopefully.
- In a manner to produce a favorable opinion respecting some good at the present time. The young man is hopefully pious.
- With hope; with ground to expect.
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