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hopefully

 adverb
     
hope‧ful‧ly S1
1 [sentence adverb] a way of saying what you hope will happen, which some people think is incorrect:
Hopefully, I'll be back home by ten o'clock.
By then the problem will hopefully have been solved.
2 in a way that shows that you are hopeful:
'Will there be any food left over?' he asked hopefully.
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