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roseate
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ro·se·ate  (rz-t, -t)
adj.
1. Rose-colored: the roseate glow of dawn.
2. Cheerful or bright; optimistic: a roseate outlook.

[From Latin roseus, rosy, from rosa, rose.]

rose·ate·ly adv.

roseate [ˈrəʊzɪˌeɪt]
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour rose or pink
2. excessively or idealistically optimistic
roseately  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.roseate - of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
Translations
roseate [ˈrəʊzɪɪt] ADJróseo, rosado
roseate
adj (liter)rosenfarben


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Amesbury and Salisbury, Massachusetts, once roseately described by the Quaker-poet John Greenleaf Whittier as places where "the utmost harmony prevails and has always done so between employer and employee," were plunged into a period of political upheaval.
 
 
 
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