hopeful
/ˈhoʊpfl̩/ adjective B1- Feeling hope · I have been very hopeful.· I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
- Inspiring hope · It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.
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“When _I’m_ a Duchess,” she said to herself, (not in a very hopeful tone though), “I won’t have any pepper in my kitchen _at all_.
Do you think he is hopeful?
“Yes, devotion; for that is, I believe, the phrase for hopeful ambition.”
Shackleton knew he had to keep his men safe and hopeful.
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