All 6 Uses
optimistic
in
Lone Survivor
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- There's no one like Texans for a spirit of expansiveness, optimism, friendship, and decency.†
Chpt 2.optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
- His words to us were packed with meaning, edged with menace, but nonetheless optimistic.†
Chpt 4. *
- And soon my optimism turned to outright gloom.†
Chpt 8.optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
- Everyone wanted to talk to him, and he dealt with it all with optimism and hope.†
Chpt 11.
- And the SEALs started the process all over again, encouraging, sharing their optimism, explaining that I had been especially trained to withstand such an ordeal.†
Chpt 11.
- We touched down on the main runway at 2300, exactly six days and four hours since Mikey, Axe, Danny, and I had occupied this very same spot, lying here on this ground, staring up at the distant snowcapped peaks, laughing, joking, always optimistic, unaware of the trial by fire which awaited us high in those mountains.†
Chpt 12.
Definitions:
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(1)
(optimistic) expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)