optimistic
adjective
disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
overoptimistically
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a word derived from
optimistic.
Example Sentences
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Behind this modest claim lies what some observers have heralded, perhaps overoptimistically, as a third revolution in mental health.
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Britain's Board of Education last month boasted, probably overoptimistically, that 97.8% of its schoolchildren would soon be back at full-time schooling.
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Mindful that a natural tendency to interpret the Kremlin auguries overoptimistically often influences U.S. policies.
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Added another aide, perhaps overoptimistically: "I really think that this is the precipitating event that will cause the pendulum to swing the other way."
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So does Boeing, which said, perhaps overoptimistically, that it could produce a 500-m.p.h. transport within 18 months of receiving a contract.
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