optimistically
English edit
Etymology edit
optimistic + -ally
Adverb edit
optimistically (comparative more optimistically, superlative most optimistically)
- 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[.]
Translations edit
in an optimistic manner
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