hopefully

1. 1.

   with hope; in a hopeful manner

   “we searched hopefully for a good position”

   Antonymshopelessly
2. 2.

   it is hoped

   “hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday”

Questions about hopefully

What does hopefully mean?

hopefully means "with hope; in a hopeful manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hopefully?

hopefully has 3 syllables: hope-ful-ly. The stress falls on "hope". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊpfəli/.

What is the opposite of hopefully?

The recorded antonyms are hopelessly.

Is hopefully a common word?

hopefully is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.