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optimistic
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The Nickel Boys
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- Optimism made Elwood as malleable as the cheap taffy below the register.†
p. 38.6optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
- He was extravagant with his praise for her cobbler and in his optimism over Elwood's prospects.†
p. 72.6
- Mr. Andrews, the nice, polite white lawyer who'd been so optimistic about Elwood's appeal, had picked up stakes to Atlanta without a word.†
p. 157.7 *
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)