as in positively
in a positive or optimistic manner
After months of dwindling sales, the manager declared optimistically that "there is no place to go but up from here".
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hopefully
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Call-ups Roman Anthony was the big call-up, and hopefully, the few of you who are in leagues where he hasn’t been picked up yet have fixed that before reading this far.—
Owen Poindexter,
New York Times,
13 June 2025 -
That, coupled with the health of key players, will hopefully reignite McDaniel’s offense.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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“Optimistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimistically. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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