All 3 Uses of
optimistic
in
Washington Square
- This hypothetical optimism gave the poor girl a pang.†
Chpt 20 *
- This is the most baseless hallucination that ever visited the brain of a genial optimist.†
Chpt 27
- He told her which of his fellowphysicians to send for, and gave her a multitude of minute directions; it was quite on the optimistic hypothesis that she nursed him.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(optimistic) expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things