The spirit of Dr. Daniel Politoske continues to haunt me.
More than 20 years ago, as a doctoral student at the University of Kansas: Dr. Politoske gently corrects his students who say ‘hopefully’ when they really mean ‘hopeful.’
As in, “Hopefully, I’ll do that tomorrow.” Do we really mean that we do this tomorrow in a hopeful manner?
Better to say “I am hoping I’ll do that tomorrow” or “Let’s hope I’ll do that tomorrow.”
This has stuck with me for years!
Add this from a few years ago: https://www.npr.org/2012/05/30/153709651/the-word-hopefully-is-here-to-stay-hopefully
But I always say “thankfully” when I should say “I am thankful that.”
Alas.