optimistically

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Recent Examples of optimistically The bill’s supporters optimistically stress how Thune has promised there will be a vote in September. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The doc ends optimistically with a brief shot of the Tesla Roadster prototype. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2026 Maybe the projections are realistic, but the inter-company structures depend a lot on the types of numbers that executives often embrace over optimistically. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026 The running shoes go in optimistically, followed by the leggings and the sports bra, packed by someone who clearly has a genuine, healthy relationship with exercise. — Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 18 July 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimistically
Adverb
  • Technology is at the heart of facials, especially, from a skin analysis machine and facial sculpting wand to a cryotherapy mask that was positively icy—but also awesome—at -4 degrees Fahrenheit.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Guerra also said that his recent fundraising had been going positively.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Once Rae confidently moved into the chorus, her voice soaring and confident, Latifah nodded her head at the preternaturally mature singer’s delivery and punched in as well.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Ida’s stillness is shared by the whole film, which seems more confidently rooted than anything in Pawlikowski’s previous endeavors.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • For everyone else, there is the real-world practicum of amassing knowledge and experience that hopefully amounts to more than a shouting match over beer.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Hobart residents opposing the Amazon Web Services data center project are pursuing a legal strategy to hopefully hit the reset button on the city’s site plan approval process.
    — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The school janitor emerged from a gap in the trees, smiling cheerfully.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Photos of him, resplendent in his bright red 4theriders leathers, cheerfully dragging some elbow on the racetrack.
    — Loz Blain September 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Optimistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimistically. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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