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optimistically

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op·ti·mist  (pt-mst)
n.
1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome.
2. A believer in philosophical optimism.
opti·mistic adj.
opti·misti·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.optimistically - with optimism; in an optimistic manner; "`We have a good chance of winning,' he exclaimed optimistically"
pessimistically - with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner; "he evaluated his chances for survival rather pessimistically"


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"Oh, yes, I think I will, Marilla," returned Anne optimistically.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Nietzsche is able to think cheerfully and optimistically of the possibility of life in this world recurring again and again, when he has once cast the dwarf from his shoulders, and he announces his doctrine of the Eternal Recurrence of all things great and small to his arch-enemy and in defiance of him.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
He proceeded on his embassy with a mixture of excitement and embarrassment which caused him to turn aside with his hand on the curtain, and to examine intently for several moments the portrait of a lady, optimistically said by Mrs.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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