optimistically

English

Etymology

optimistic +‎ -ally

Adverb

optimistically (comparative more optimistically, superlative most optimistically)

  1. In an optimistic manner.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 59:
      Less optimistically observed, she was a short, broad-shouldered girl, built like a sturdy pony[.]

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