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
Street estimates optimistically assume margins could grow to over 17% by FY2028.
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Adverb
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And that’s not even considering the day-to-day ways that all Americans are positively affected by the military and its tradition of service.—
Chris Dovi,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office had not yet positively identified McClintic.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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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However, fundamentally changing the way people interface with search, commerce and content online will require just that, entirely new revenue models, maybe, hopefully, some that are aligned, that are not advertising based.—
Joe Marchese, Executive Chairman, Human Ventures,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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This week, that debate will hopefully be laid to rest, when the White Stripes are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — and Meg will finally get her due.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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 20 Nov. 2025.
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