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".

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Recent Examples of optimistically Taken together, these reasons have led me to optimistically conclude that the effectiveness of vote buying depends not on the party machine’s prowess but on the strength of the parties that oppose it. — Kenneth Greene, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimistically
  1. positively
  2. confidently
  3. hopefully
  4. cheerfully
Adverb
  • More positively, business fundamentals for many AI companies look solid.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey Comparison 2023, 94% of employees in high-performing workplaces said working from the office positively affected their individual productivity.
    — Tyson Gundersen, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of positively
Adverb
  • My clients want to apply AI confidently and ethically in their work, not simply learn to prompt.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Neo-Vision confidently parsed the puzzle by turning it into a paradox.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of confidently
Adverb
  • And now Great Question will, hopefully CBS News thinks, bring that voice to new places, in a digital expansion that is unusual for an evening news anchor.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But as the game continues, the two are forced to reckon with their changing relationship — and hopefully keep each other from becoming another serial killer’s prize.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of hopefully
Adverb
  • Moments after sitting down at an outdoor table, Oppenheim breathes in the ocean air and starts cheerfully free-associating.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • There were hundreds of bikers milling around cheerfully in the showery sunshine and proudly displaying their hogs.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheerfully

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