Messrs. Follett, Bernstein, and Bremner have all since paid their coins to Charon, hopably does not appear in any of the five dictionaries I have just consulted, and the Concise Oxford says that the "it is hoped" sense is now the dominant one. The usage note in American Heritage says: "It is not easy to explain why people selected this word for disparagement. Its use can be justified by the similar use of many other adverbs, such as mercifully and frankly. … And though this use of hopefully may have been a vogue word back in the 1960s, it has long since lost any hint of jargon or pretentiousness for the general reader. In fact, its widespread use reflects popular recognition of its usefulness; there is no precise substitute."*