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optimistic
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- It occurred to me that, in our rush to escape the island, I had only ever heard the children talk about reaching the mainland, but we'd never discussed what to do once we got there—as if the idea of actually surviving the journey in those tiny boats was so far-fetched, so comically optimistic, that planning for it was a waste of time.†
p. 30.9
- Even Olive, eternally optimistic Olive, shook her head at that.†
p. 219.8 *
- "I find this contagion of optimism positively flabbergasting," said Enoch.†
p. 321.1optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
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)