HOPEFUL

hopeful. Hopeful, a. full of expectation, promising, good

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Hope″ful (?), a. 1. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker. 2. 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.