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Webster 1913 Edition
Hopingly
Hop′ing-ly
,adv.
In a hopeful manner.
Hammond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hopingly
HO'PINGLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
hopingly
hopingly
English
Adverb
hopingly (comparative more hopingly, superlative most hopingly)
- In a hopeful manner.
- Hammond
- 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.
- Caleb Cushing
- […] 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.
- Hammond