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

Major League Baseball optimistically released its 2027 schedule on Thursday. — Staff Report, Oc Register, 16 July 2026

In addition to Musk, tech leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, have all spoken optimistically about humanity entering a phase of interplanetary travel within their lifetimes. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 July 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

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

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

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

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