| slovo | definícia |
hopeful
(encz) | hopeful,nadějný adj: |
hopeful
(encz) | hopeful,plný naděje adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hopeful
(gcide) | Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
[1913 Webster]
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and
strongly conceited. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful
prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly,
adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
hopeful
(wn) | hopeful
adj 1: having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of
obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the
problem" [ant: hopeless]
2: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the
scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political
career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright,
hopeful, promising]
n 1: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant";
"two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was
full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: aspirant, aspirer,
hopeful, wannabe, wannabee] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
hopefully
(mass) | hopefully
- nádejne |
hopefully
(encz) | hopefully,nadějně adv: Zdeněk Brožhopefully,optimisticky adv: Zdeněk Brožhopefully,snad adv: omichalek |
hopefulness
(encz) | hopefulness,nadějnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
unhopeful
(encz) | unhopeful, adj: |
Hopeful
(gcide) | Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
[1913 Webster]
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and
strongly conceited. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful
prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly,
adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Hopefully
(gcide) | Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
[1913 Webster]
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and
strongly conceited. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful
prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly,
adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Hopefully \Hope"ful*ly\, adv.
1. In a hopeful manner.
[PJC]
2. I hope; if all goes well; as, hopefully, the dress will be
ready before the party.
Note: Some prescriptivists object to this usage as being
ungrammatical, but it is very common and well
understood. It is usually used to begin a sentence
describing a desired future event.
[PJC] |
Hopefulness
(gcide) | Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
[1913 Webster]
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and
strongly conceited. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful
prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly,
adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Unhopeful
(gcide) | Unhopeful \Unhopeful\
See hopeful. |
hopefully
(wn) | hopefully
adv 1: with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully
for a good position" [ant: hopelessly]
2: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday" |
hopefulness
(wn) | hopefulness
n 1: full of hope
2: the feeling you have when you have hope [ant: hopelessness] |
unhopeful
(wn) | unhopeful
adj 1: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject
surrender" [syn: abject, unhopeful] |
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