Sentence examples for were hopefully from inspiring English sources
adverb
In a hopeful manner.
On the beach the men were hopefully vigilant.
Surfboard under his arm, his last words before running across the beach and paddling out were: "Hopefully, I won't get my hair wet".
On Thursday afternoon, Broncos Coach Josh McDaniels said that negotiations with Tim Tebow were "hopefully closer than not close," which presumably is not quite as close as "close".
"I sold because a fans-based group were hopefully going to be the best placed to take on Ashley's power," Kingsnorth said.
"The guys in my regiment in Canada were hopefully watching the game so this is for them," he told BBC Radio Bristol.
The likes of Greece and Austria, meanwhile, were hopefully taking my cue and getting an early (ish) night ahead of Thursday night's second semi-final - just 10 out of the 15 acts performing will survive the cull.
Lockerbie is hopefully unique.
As are, hopefully, straight talkers.
This is hopefully helping that.
His reason is hopefully unique.
The answer is, hopefully, upwards.
