hopefully

副词 adv.
/ˈhəʊp.fə.li/    /ˈhoʊp.fə.li/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  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. not-comparable
    — Hopefully, my father will arrive in time for the show.

词形变化

more hopefully comparative most hopefully superlative

词源

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.
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