Etymograph

English

hopeably

From hope + -ably.

Formed from hope + -ably

Proto-West Germanic *hopōn ‘to wait in anticipation’

Old English hopian

Middle English hopen ‘to hope’

English hope

Today it means

adv hopefully; in a way that one would hope for

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hopeably