Synonyms of optimistically

optimistically

adverb

as in positively

in a positive or optimistic manner

After months of dwindling sales, the manager declared optimistically that "there is no place to go but up from here".

Related Words

• positively
• confidently
• hopefully
• cheerfully
• joyfully
• joyously
• exuberantly
• giddily
• happily
• sanguinely
• expectantly
• amusedly
• blithely
• laughingly
• brightly
• breezily
• lightheartedly
• bullishly
• gladly
• sunnily
• friendly
• jocularly
• cheerily
• gigglingly
• blissfully
• amicably
• rapturously
• merrily
• jovially
• smilingly
• elatedly
• good-naturedly
• good-humoredly
• euphorically
• heartily
• jocosely
• blithesomely
• friendlily
• gladsomely
• mirthfully
• gaily

Dissimilar Words

• pessimistically
• gloomily
• dismally
• drearily
• blackly
• dejectedly
• despondently
• disconsolately
• mournfully
• abjectly
• sorrowfully
• wretchedly
• plaintively
• forlornly
• dolefully
• sternly
• glumly
• heavily
• sourly
• sullenly
• dispiritedly
• darkly
• unhappily
• sulkily
• dourly
• miserably
• morosely
• bleakly
• dolorously
• mirthlessly
• cheerlessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of optimistically

Once upon a time, a kids spa treatment meant glitter nail polish, a side braid and maybe a cucumber slice perched optimistically on a 9-year-old’s forehead. — Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026

Vendors talk, perhaps a touch optimistically, of underwriting that once took three days arriving in three minutes. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Counsell said Tuesday that Palencia was responding well and optimistically could be back in two weeks. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

Last month, the governor optimistically suggested that the bridge could be open as soon as 2030, with aspirations of him cutting the ribbon for the new bridge. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026

Arnold has spoken optimistically about this being a point in time that changes perceptions of Iraq on the world stage, allowing a global audience to see a nation keen to project itself in a more positive light. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 9 June 2026

But the county found the Rays’ proposal leaned too optimistically on a sales tax known as the Community Investment Tax, which most commissioners said in 2024 would not go to a new stadium. — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

In their January interview with IndieWire, Colligan and Garrett spoke optimistically about their business plan — but did not immediately respond to our request for comment. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026

The last time Jay Bhattacharya testified before Congress, in early February, the biomedical research community watched optimistically as the National Institutes of Health director downplayed the impact of last fall’s government shutdown on the pace of grant funding. — Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Mar. 2026