optimistically
Example Sentences
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The IEA report argues, optimistically, that better voter education might help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
In theory, and optimistically, outsized growth in aerospace and defense could add as many as one million jobs and even up to one percentage point to total U.S.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
The BBC skidded optimistically along to a pickup spot at the city's de-commissioned airfield, Tempelhofer Feld, but there were no veggie sacks to be seen.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
The series largely belongs to them — both actors are terrific, Shannon imbuing Garfield with a gravity leavened with kindness and humor, Macfadyen’s Guiteau, optimistically dedicated to his delusions yet always about to pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
I combed my hair and, optimistically, desperately, smiled at myself.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
