Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With hope; with expectant desire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a hopeful manner.
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- adverb In a
hopeful manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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On May 9th 2009, diamond from monroe la wrote: ii personally think that rihanna would not do anything lyke that so ii dont believe its her … … (hopingly) … … my little cousin looks up to her and thinks shes the “honest” person that i “think” she is … …. .if thats rihanna then im a pirate … ..
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He tried to follow Stubby; not in the trusting, bounding manner of the collies -- not happily, but hopingly.
Lifted Masks; stories Susan Glaspell 1915
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Feast thankfully, and feast hopingly; feast in good will to all mankind,
Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family Cornelius Mathews 1853
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The joyful season drew nigh merrily, and in the watchmaker's family, as in all others -- for the very poorest look forward hopingly to it -- there was nothing but bright anticipations, which were for the present realized.
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"Heat soothly I call when the mind truly is kindled in Love Everlasting, and the heart on the same manner to burn not hopingly, but verily is felt." [
Mysticism in English Literature Caroline F. E. Spurgeon 1905
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