hopefulnessn.
/ˈhəʊpfʊlnɪs/ The quality or state of being hopeful.
1. The state of feeling or expressing hope.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > state of
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sanguineness1832
sanguinism1897
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 170 I scarcely held it worth my hopefulnesse.
1858 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. ii. ii Perhaps he exaggerated his own hopefulness, in order to increase hers.
1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar iii. ix Greta's eyes were full of a radiant hopefulness.
2. The quality of inspiring hope; promisingness.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [noun]
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1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 390 Zanchius in his youth shewing some testifications of his hopefulnesse.
1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith ii. 10 While he was thus a Student here,..Notice was taken of his Parts and Hopefulness.
1899 N.E.D. at Hopefulness Mod. The hopefulness of the political situation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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