hopeful
adjective
unhopefully
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a word derived from
hopeful.
Example Sentences
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Taxi drivers hung unhopefully around the watermelon stands.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
"Perhaps he's fallen into the sea, or down into some crack," said The Girl, not unhopefully.
From Maid of the Mist by John Oxenham
The pursuer took the road again, rather unhopefully.
From The Grafters by Francis Lynde
"Must we read the chapters?" said Hugh John, unhopefully.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott
As he crossed the filled-in meadows he poked unhopefully at the soil here and there, but nothing came of it.
From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Ellis Parker Butler
