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".
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Recent Examples of optimistically
Our political leaders optimistically crow about the state’s future.
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Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026
Be optimistically realistic, as much as possible.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
The style is the kind still optimistically described as futuristic, though the reopening of a new New Museum in 2025 is a reminder that this future is close to twenty years old, a throwback to a time when smart design and calm authority were still widely believed to be capable of saving the world.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Some might optimistically imagine that Google is only tracking their internet searches via Google.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
This approach, known as a judgment-bias test, reveals how optimistically or cautiously an animal interprets uncertainty.
—New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
Some might optimistically imagine that Google is only tracking their internet searches via Google.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Dec. 2025
More optimistically, Brochet’s 2030 sum-of-the-parts valuation and price-to-cash-flow ratio could translate into even more outperformance ahead.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
But now Wenger is in a federal detention facility, optimistically looking at receiving a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026
Be optimistically realistic, as much as possible.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
The style is the kind still optimistically described as futuristic, though the reopening of a new New Museum in 2025 is a reminder that this future is close to twenty years old, a throwback to a time when smart design and calm authority were still widely believed to be capable of saving the world.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Some might optimistically imagine that Google is only tracking their internet searches via Google.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
This approach, known as a judgment-bias test, reveals how optimistically or cautiously an animal interprets uncertainty.
—New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
Some might optimistically imagine that Google is only tracking their internet searches via Google.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Dec. 2025
More optimistically, Brochet’s 2030 sum-of-the-parts valuation and price-to-cash-flow ratio could translate into even more outperformance ahead.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
But now Wenger is in a federal detention facility, optimistically looking at receiving a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimistically
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On December 18, 2025, the North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, with assistance from the North Carolina SBI Crime Lab, positively identified the remains as Bethany Brown.—
Mark Price
January 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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After starting positively under Dyche, Forest have lost their past four games, leaving them four points above West Ham in 17th.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That Berube can’t answer that question publicly and confidently right now is part of the problem for the team.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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As expected, Mahomes made all his game picks and confidently rolled with his Red Raiders to secure the afternoon victory.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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July will be a particularly lucky time for me, filled with abundance—and hopefully opportunities for love to blossom.—
Rebecca Fearn,
SELF,
8 Jan. 2026
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Quick told People, however, that her decision to go public with her daughter's condition was aimed at spreading awareness and hopefully finding a cure.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those fissures burst into the open last week, when Tucker Carlson conducted a friendly interview with the cheerfully white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Optimistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimistically. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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