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optimistic
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The Miserable Mill
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- The children could tell, from Phil's statement about everything and everybody having a good side, that he was an optimist.†
p. 26.7 *optimist = someone who expects the best; or who focuses on the good part of things
- "Optimist" is a word which here refers to a person, such as Phil, who thinks hopeful and pleasant thoughts about nearly everything.†
p. 26.7
- For instance, if an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say, in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well, this isn't too bad.†
p. 26.9
- The Baudelaire orphans ate their damp casserole, and they tried to be optimists like Phil, but try as they might, none of their thoughts turned out pleasant or hopeful.†
p. 27.3optimists = people who expect the best; or who focus on the good part of things
- They tossed and turned, and guessed and guessed, and by the time they fell asleep there wasn't a single optimist in the Baudelaire bunk.†
p. 28.9optimist = someone who expects the best; or who focuses on the good part of things
- But as you remember, Phil was an optimist, so the actual work turned out to be much, much worse.†
p. 38.6
- "I admire your optimism," Klaus said, smiling at Phil.†
p. 69.2optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
- Violet and Sunny, of course, were worried that Dr. Orwell had some connection with Count Olaf, not that their brother would get a shot, but it was useless to try to explain such things to an optimist.†
p. 79.6optimist = someone who expects the best; or who focuses on the good part of things
- "Well, if you look on the bright side, you're really quite lucky," Phil said, and the orphans gave their optimistic friend a curious look and then looked curiously at one another.†
p. 192.1
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)