Meanings
adjectivehoped-for (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of hoped for.
But things were not to go with the hoped-for smoothness.
1954 September, Kevin Murray, “The End of the Atmospheric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 645
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexpected hopefully
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