Both Uses of
optimistic
in
The Magic Mountain
- But it was a miserable walk home, especially after such an optimistic start.†
Chpt 4.5 *
- because otherwise the bleak final state could not bring forth an optimism, compared to whose awful rosiness the preceding gloom seemed a coarse, but healthy expression of life.†
Chpt 6.8optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
Definition:
expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things