Gradually
Hopefully
Hopefully adverb - It is hoped.
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Synonyms for Hopefully
Gradually and hopefully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gradually" instead an adverb "Hopefully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- moderately and gradually
- moderately and hopefully
- carelessly and gradually
- carelessly and hopefully
- easily and gradually
- easily and hopefully
- smoothly and gradually
- smoothly and hopefully
- agilely and gradually
- agilely and hopefully
- casually and gradually
- casually and hopefully
- delicately and gradually
- delicately and hopefully
Both words in one sentence
- Data was made deliberately less human in an attempt to compensate, the idea being that he'd instead gradually gain humanity through experience and thus hopefully turn out, well, not evil.
Source: Pick Your Human Half
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