optimistically

English

Etymology

From optimistic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

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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[.]

Translations

in an optimistic manner

• Belarusian: аптымісты́чна (aptymistýčna)
• Dutch: optimistisch (nl)
• French: optimistiquement
• German: optimistisch (de)
• Greek: αισιόδοξα (el) (aisiódoxa)
• Hungarian: optimistán (hu)
• Polish: optymistycznie (pl)
• Russian: оптимистично (ru) (optimistično), оптимистически (ru) (optimističeski)
• Ukrainian: оптимісти́чно (optymistýčno)
• Volapük: fredimiko