Optimistic means always expecting things to turn out well. Cautiously optimistic, an optimistic forecast, optimistic about the outcome.
Cautiously optimistic is the standard hedge and it means hopeful with reservations. An optimistic estimate is one that assumes nothing goes wrong, which is why builders' timescales are famous — plans are systematically optimistic and the effect has a name.
1adjectiveoptimisticAlways expecting things to turn out well.
“She's optimistic that her team will win the league this year.”
optimistic is an outlook.
Also accepted in games: positive
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English, today
optimistic
From optimist + -ic. optimist Borrowed from French optimiste.
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