Synonyms of optimistically

optimistically

adverb

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".

Synonyms & Similar Words

• positively
• confidently
• hopefully
• cheerfully
• joyfully
• joyously
• exuberantly
• giddily
• happily
• sanguinely
• expectantly
• amusedly
• blithely
• laughingly
• brightly
• breezily
• lightheartedly
• bullishly
• gladly
• sunnily
• friendly
• jocularly
• cheerily
• gigglingly
• blissfully
• amicably
• rapturously
• merrily
• jovially
• smilingly
• elatedly
• good-naturedly
• good-humoredly
• euphorically
• heartily
• jocosely
• blithesomely
• friendlily
• gladsomely
• mirthfully
• gaily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pessimistically
• gloomily
• dismally
• drearily
• blackly
• dejectedly
• despondently
• disconsolately
• mournfully
• abjectly
• sorrowfully
• wretchedly
• plaintively
• forlornly
• dolefully
• sternly
• glumly
• heavily
• sourly
• sullenly
• dispiritedly
• darkly
• unhappily
• sulkily
• dourly
• miserably
• morosely
• bleakly
• dolorously
• mirthlessly
• cheerlessly