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Recent Examples of Micawber
He’s got the twinkly eye and the sly, gregarious spiritual ease of a Micawber or a Cheeryble.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Micawber
Noun
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Your options aren’t only ‘cynical’ or ‘naïve’ The opposite of a cynic is a Pollyanna.—
Stav Ziv,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Eight decades in, Patti LaBelle represents the full spectrum of Black womanhood: the artist, the entrepreneur, the survivor, the family matriarch and the eternal optimist, who still believes her biggest achievements lie ahead.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
29 July 2025
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In refreshing contrast, David Corenswet's Supes is the eternal optimist; an earnest Kansas farm boy who insists on seeing the best in humanity.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The reports of his contemporaries conjure a wild cross between Don Quixote and Don Draper.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Sort of like if Don Quixote was 1/10th its length and about YouTube videos instead of chivalric romances.—
Teddy Wayne
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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“Micawber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Micawber. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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