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Definition of Hoped-for
1. Adjective. Expected hopefully.
Definition of Hoped-for
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of hoped for) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoped-for
Literary usage of Hoped-for
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Bull: D. D., Lord Bishop of St. David's by George Bull, Edward Burton, Robert Nelson (1827)
"EVERLASTING LIFE HOPED FOR BY GOOD MEN UNDER THE OLD TESTAMENT ; AND THAT THE
CONSIDERATION OF THE VANITY OF THE PRESENT LIFE IS AN EFFECTUAL MEANS TO MAKE ..."
2. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"This day, more dreaded than hoped for, at length arrived. I promised everything
that was required of me, and I kept my word : my heart confirmed my ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"and from whose sympathy he might well have hoped for much, the coldness or active
hostility of persons in high authority, the failure of younger men to ..."
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