#Hopefully means manual#

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hopefully.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2022 See More It is an example of a disjunct, about which Brinton & Brinton (via LinguisticsGirl) say Disjunct adverbials denote the attitude of the speaker toward or judgment of the proposition such as truthfulness of manner of speaking. Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 17 June 2022 Since the deposit relationship is ( hopefully) ongoing, these reports are being filed constantly, leading to a lot of extra work for the bank or credit union. Hopefully is an adverb in your excerpt, but it modifies the entire sentence rather than any individual word within it. Leigh Morgan, al, 27 June 2022 For Big PeteвЂ™s sake, hopefully, one of them is Delaware. Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022 In a way, though, Season 4 has played like a (very) extended preview for that, feeling too much like a great big coming attraction for what's hopefully the more satisfying payoff to come.Д«rian Lowry, CNN, 1 July 2022 Meanwhile, vaccine makers are working on new and improved boosters that will hopefully be a better match against omicron and its subvariants.ДЄrielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 27 June 2022 Temperatures across Alabama for the next few days will hopefully be closer to whatвЂ™s typical for this time of year, which ranges from the mid-80s to the low 90s. Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 July 2022 In the next 5 years El Mirage will hopefully be completely built out, both commercially and residentially. Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 7 July 2022 Whether or not Max's soul is alive is a question that will hopefully be answered next season. PS: See an updated list of our public business writing courses.Recent Examples on the Web Oddly enough all four of the first houseguests end up in the porta potties, which hopefully isn't a harbinger of what's to come for them. I think it got co-opted because people did want a single word to mean 'I hope that'. Hopefully,It is hoped that this new AP ruling makes sense to you. Someone's got this on a 'meanings have changed over the years' list, and I would rather agree. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: 'The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.'Д¬anadian Oxford Dictionary: 'There are no grounds for condemning this use.' The meaning of HOPEFULLY is in a way that expresses desire with an expectation of fulfillment : in a hopeful manner. One of them, qawa h'w'q, may denote 'hope' in the sense of 'trust, ' as when Jeremiah addresses God, 'Our. There are several Hebrew verbs that may in certain contexts be translated 'to hope' in English. But many careful writers deplore the new meaning.' To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone or to expect something beneficial in the future.

#Hopefully means manual#

The Chicago Manual of Style: 'The newer meaning. The 'old way' to use hopefully is as a traditional adverb, as in 'She waited hopefully for her brother to return.' The 'new way' just sanctioned by AP might be 'Hopefully, her brother will return.'ДЄP is not the first reference manual to approve hopefully for 'it is hoped.' These guides, along with Garner's Modern American Usage, have already called it acceptable: As Bryan Garner says of hopefully in Garner's Modern American Usage, 'If you use it in the newish way, a few readers will tacitly tut-tut you.' Although I don't see its use as the world's end, I am not going to use hopefully for 'it is hoped.' Why? Because too many old-school grammarians will think I don't know better.