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hopefulness|ˈhəʊpfʊlnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being hopeful.
1. The state of feeling or expressing hope.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iii. 170, I scarcely held it worth my hopefulnesse. 1858J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. II. ii. ii, Perhaps he exaggerated his own hopefulness, in order to increase hers. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar iii. ix, Greta's eyes were full of a radiant hopefulness.
2. The quality of inspiring hope; promisingness.
1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Zanchius 390 Zanchius in his youth shewing some testifications of his hopefulnesse. 1698Strype Life Sir T. Smith ii. (R.), While he was thus a student here..notice was taken of his parts and hopefullness. Mod. The hopefulness of the political situation. |