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over-optimistically
adverb
(alsooveroptimistically)uk /ˌəʊ.vər.ɒp.tɪˈmɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɑːp.təˈmɪs.t̬ɪ.kli/
in a way that shows that you are too full of hope or believe too much that good things will happen in the future :
The painting didn't fetch anything like the price we had over-optimistically hoped for.
Many have come to resent the presence of foreign troops because they overoptimistically thought they would solve the country's problems.
I wondered, possibly a little over-optimistically, whether I might find buried treasure.
Perhaps over-optimistically, the party believes that voters will ignore the recent controversies.
Perhaps over-optimistically, they expressed the wish that there may soon be a fresh opportunity to work together.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hoping and hopefulness
appealingly
beyond someone's expectations
boosterish
boosterism
bright spot
fancy
hope springs eternalidiom
hopeful
hopefully
hopefulness
ill
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom
over-optimism
over-optimistic
pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom
pious
pipe dream
please Godidiom
positively
wing
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