Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In accordance with optimism, or the view that everything is ordered for the best; in a hopeful or sanguine manner; hopefully.
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- adverb in an
optimistic manner
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- adverb with optimism; in an optimistic manner
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Examples
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Again optimistically, there might be 2.5 million replacement workers in this pool.
Immigration 2010
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Again optimistically, there might be 2.5 million replacement workers in this pool.
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Again optimistically, there might be 2.5 million replacement workers in this pool.
Stromata Blog: 2007
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However, recently I drove past the far from completed Tarouba Stadium (my favourite acreage on planet earth!) and if I were Brian, I would be "blasted vex" knowing that my name was still mixed up with all sorts of negatives and unflattering accusations - with lots more time for new scandals to crop up before completion date (using the term optimistically).
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‘But let me dip again and bring up in my spoon another of these minute objects which we call optimistically,
The Waves 2003
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And that means more teens will, as the organization's name optimistically says, be alive at
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Close added that it is highly unlikely the first year of the grant fund will be fully spent, and that "optimistically" only around 4,300 will be sold before the scheme is reviewed next year.
UK government launches £5,000 electric car grant scheme 2011
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Industry officials have said speedometers are set "optimistically" to give drivers an inflated sense of speed (and help them avoid tickets).
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Q Christopher seemed to be talking kind of optimistically about a cease-fire coming fairly imminently this morning.
Background Briefing On Bosnia Air Strike ITY National Archives 1994
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Industry officials have said speedometers are set "optimistically" to give drivers an inflated sense of speed (and help them avoid tickets).
WSJ.com: Law Blog 2010
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