Synonyms for hopefully
ˈhoʊp fə lihope·ful·ly

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1. hopefullyadverb

   with hope; in a hopeful manner

   "we searched hopefully for a good position"

   Antonyms:
   hopelessly

2. hopefullyadverb

   it is hoped

   "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"

   Antonyms:
   hopelessly

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1. List of paraphrases for "hopefully":

   fortunately

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1. Ashish Jha:

   This is the last really horrible surge of Covid that we will hopefully ever have to deal with.

2. James Miervaldis:

   We need to see larger movements as soon as possible to hopefully get all of our allies out.

3. Rachel Campos-Duffy:

   The book will remind people of their own Christmases, and hopefully as they get together, they'll be recounting those memories with each other, it’s made in American so it’s not on a container ship in Long Beach.

4. Jill Soloway:

   Hopefully, it sets the Pfeffermans up with some sort of beautiful reclaiming, i think we're going to get there with some time.

5. Jeremie Waterman:

   There's been a noticeable change over the last month, it's been fairly clear that the two presidents would like to have a positive meeting with some kind of positive, forward-looking outcome that hopefully de-escalates.