as in positively
in a positive or optimistic manner
One bullish economist has gone out on a limb and sanguinely predicts a huge stock market boom ahead.
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Adverb
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The research adds to existing evidence that strong social ties can positively influence healthy aging.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Hamas responded positively to the first two demands, but has not commented on the third.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
5 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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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On a good day, the Undervale houses maybe two living human guests and at least a couple dozen haunts of all demographics, time periods and modes of death — including the brother Katherine inherited it all from, the cheerfully feckless Nathan (Will Forte).—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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All eight teams are playing on the final day of the regular season — with times TBD, but hopefully staggered — which could make this the most chaotic finale yet.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mistakes will be made, but hopefully lasting change will be made as well.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Sanguinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanguinely. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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