hopefully it will arrive soon vs hopefully it would arrive soon

Both sentences are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Hopefully, it will arrive soon' is used when expressing optimism or expectation about a future event. 'Hopefully, it would arrive soon' is used when talking about a hypothetical situation.

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Last updated: July 18, 2024

hopefully it will arrive soon

This phrase is correct and commonly used when expressing optimism or expectation about a future event.

This phrase is used to express hope or expectation that something will happen in the near future.

Examples:

Hopefully it will arrive soon. I can't wait to see it.
I sent the package yesterday, so hopefully it will arrive soon.
Hopefully it will arrive soon, and then we can start the project.
She's on her way, so hopefully she will arrive soon.
Hopefully it will arrive soon, and we can finally relax.

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Hopefully, the Daedalus will arrive soon, but until that happens, our fate is in our own hands.
It will arrive late when we are dead already.
It will arrive in 15 hours and 42 minutes approximately.
Your package is on the boat and will arrive soon.
I'd like to remind you will arrive soon for an MRI of her plantar fascia.
Hurry, their reinforcements will arrive soon.
My ships will arrive soon enough.
General, Yin Po will arrive soon.
they assure me it will arrive on Friday.
It will arrive in two to three months with enough food to last us for years.
- Frau Junge, my family will arrive soon.
We will arrive soon, there is a bus.
It will arrive at the department of homicide a package with the jewels of Augusta Terzi, a shoe of the assassin and a razorblade.
It will arrive tomorrow with the swimsuit issue and the video,
Mr Virrankoski, the aid must arrive at its intended destination, and I believe in all honesty that, in the case we are discussing, it will arrive.
If someone goes to the Middle East and buys an Arabian stallion for stud purposes, they do not need to worry that it will arrive here in a poor condition.
"It will arrive at the department of homicide a package..."
What strikes us above all, though, is that the debate on the Institutions is still lagging so far behind: the text says virtually nothing about this except that it will arrive in due course.
The political wing of the KLA is doing everything it can to undermine the image of the moderate Rugova in order to qualify itself for the negotiating table, at which it will arrive with an extreme demand: independence, or perhaps a Greater Albania.
Can you please confirm when it will arrive, in what form it will arrive, and how we can help you to turn it into a reality when it does arrive?

Alternatives:

I hope it will arrive soon
I am hopeful that it will arrive soon
It is hoped that it will arrive soon
With any luck, it will arrive soon
It is expected to arrive soon

hopefully it would arrive soon

This phrase is correct and is used when talking about a hypothetical situation in the past or future.

This phrase is used to express hope or expectation about a hypothetical situation in the past or future.