how to pronounce hopefully

/ˈhoʊpfəliː/

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the above transcription of hopefully is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

hopefully is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of hopefully in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that and let and hopefully we'll be able …”

meanings of hopefully

adverb:

It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
In a hopeful manner.

hopefully frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word hopefully occurs in english on average 82.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hopefully can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hopefully can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;