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

Wall Street is optimistically mixed on Workday’s prospects for successfully rounding the AI bend. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

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

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