Optimistic
[ɒptɪ'mɪstɪk] or [,ɑptɪ'mɪstɪk]
Definition
(adj.) expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; 'in an optimistic mood'; 'optimistic plans'; 'took an optimistic view' .
Typist: Molly--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
(a.) Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.
Typed by Hiram
Examples
- Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This is an optimistic picture of one of our best farms, but compare it with the best that could be found only a few hundred years ago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But who amongst us is optimistic enough to hope that the men who sit in the mighty positions are going to make a better show of themselves than their predecessors did over the trust problem? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This patient, optimistic view of the outcome of experiments has remained part of his character down to this day, just as his painstaking, minute, incisive methods are still unchanged. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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