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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Optimistic

/äpˌ-təm-ĭs'-tĭk/ · Op·ti·mis·tic · IPA /ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.(Metaph.)
  2. 2.
    Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.