Meaning & use
Optimistically
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In a hopeful manner, expecting favorable outcomes despite uncertainty.
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She optimistically predicted the team would recover from their slow start.
He looked optimistically toward the future, despite the setbacks of the past year.
A note on using this word
Derives from 'optimism,' coined in the 18th century from the Latin 'optimum,' meaning 'best.'
Words with a similar meaning
hopefullypositively
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Words with an opposite meaning
pessimistically
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