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
But Chopra dared every woman to dream and think optimistically because doing so is a direct rebuke of not just personal troubles but also more systemic ones.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
Instead, Aguilar is looking optimistically towards the remainder of this year’s schedule, after a lot of positives from his first SEC test.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
For six weeks, players and coaches spoke optimistically about how the offseason additions and the growth and development during training camp would make things different this year.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The market-research firm MoffettNathanson did not read that language optimistically.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
Instead, Aguilar is looking optimistically towards the remainder of this year’s schedule, after a lot of positives from his first SEC test.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
For six weeks, players and coaches spoke optimistically about how the offseason additions and the growth and development during training camp would make things different this year.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The market-research firm MoffettNathanson did not read that language optimistically.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimistically
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Viewers responded in droves to ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live in September, and not positively.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Candy, costumes, pumpkin patches — the costs of fall fun can be positively frightful.—
Amber Roberson,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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This means choosing platforms that fit the organization, adopting tools thoughtfully with clear goals, and investing in people as much as technology so teams can use AI confidently.—
Dennis Woodside,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The fact that the Chinese government has a national mandate to expand nuclear power means that companies can confidently invest in domestic factories and a dedicated engineering work force.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Or more hopefully, the American eagle taxing and regulating an out-of-control industry.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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That hopefully will lead to ticket sales for the show, which was revamped two years ago following a six-year absence.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The hostess seemed to accept this quite cheerfully and, in fact, expect the mess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Optimistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimistically. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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