hopefully
Adverbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈhəʊp.fə.li//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈhoʊp.fə.li//
In a hopeful manner.
Adverb
- 1
In a hopeful manner.
‘In fifteen minutes I will be at the carpark, sitting hopefully inside a puce Reliant Scimitar.’
- 2
It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.
She was buried with her mom and hopefully they are together now.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English hopeful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopefully 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.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more hopefully
- Superlativ
- most hopefully