hopingly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8

Definition of hopingly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a hopeful manner.
    “One sign of despair is the peremptory contempt of the condition which is the ground of hope; the going on not only in terrours and amazement of conscience, but also boldly, hopingly, and confidently in wilful habits of sin.”
    “[…] we deplore the existence of the system in our country, and look forward hopingly to the day when it shall cease from the land, as a day of jubilee and thanksgiving to all America.”

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Etymology

From hoping + -ly.

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