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hopefulness

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hope·ful  (hpfl)
adj.
1. Having or manifesting hope.
2. Inspiring hope; promising.
n.
A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate: a group of presidential hopefuls.
hopeful·ness n.
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Noun1.hopefulness - full of hope
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
confidence - a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"
expectation, anticipation - anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
2.hopefulness - the feeling you have when you have hope
hope - the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"
hopelessness - the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success


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By a judicious use of this Law of Nature, the Polygons and Circles are almost always able to stifle sedition in its very cradle, taking advantage of the irrepressible and boundless hopefulness of the human mind.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Tulliver who had hastened this catastrophe, entirely through that irrepressible hopefulness of hers which led her to expect that similar causes may at any time produce different results.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
There was an atmosphere of endeavour, of expectancy and bright hopefulness about the young college that had lifted its head from the prairie only a few years before.
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