Definition of "hopefully" []

• In a hopeful manner. (adverb)
• Usage Problem It is to be hoped: "Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring” ( William O. Douglas). (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The thing is, you have already said what you want to say in your title hopefully, so how about we just Tweet the title and a link?"
• "In the case of Paulin hopefully some book learning and voice modulation lessons; and in Sanfords case a serious search for a new spiritual advisor."
• "We've got huge problems with the economy (which hopefully is now turning around), Iraq (thanks to Bush's idiocy), Afghanistan (again, thanks to Bush), North Korea - it's good to see that there are people still paying attention to the smaller problems and trying to find ways to fix them."