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Word: meannesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said a friend, who pointed to a dictionary definition. The American Heritage Dictionary defines hopefully as "1. In a hopeful manner. 2. It is to be hoped." The entry even offers direction for usage: "The use of hopefully to mean it is to be hoped, as in hopefully we'll get there before dark is grammatically justified by analogy to similar uses of happily and mercifully...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Avoiding Bugbears, Hopefully | 3/25/1987 | See Source »

Hopefully, this column clears things up. I mean I hope this column clears things...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Avoiding Bugbears, Hopefully | 3/25/1987 | See Source »

...first is ultra-pasteurized milk. I know what pasteurized milk is. I know that Coors beer is not pasteurized. And I know that when Coors beer gets warm, there is one less reason to drink it. But what is ultra-pasteurized? Does that mean that the milk is pasteurized twice? Why would you need to pasteurize anything twice...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Avoiding Bugbears, Hopefully | 3/25/1987 | See Source »

...Things at Tufts aren't too bad either," said my sister. "I mean the rooms are a bit small, but at least we get guaranteed housing for two of our four years...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Down and Out in Cambridge | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

...know what I hate?" I asked. "Harvard forces you to eat breakfast. I mean, the way Harvard charges us, I could probably save my dad nearly 75 bucks a year by skipping break fast. What's worse," I added, "you can't even get steak on seconds...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Down and Out in Cambridge | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

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