Optimistic
/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Expecting the best in all possible ways.
"in an optimistic mood"
- 2 Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
"optimistic concurrency"
Adjective
- 1 expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds wordnet
- 2 expecting the best wordnet
Example
More examples"This business plan of yours seems almost too optimistic. All I can say is I hope it's more than just wishful thinking."
Etymology
From optimist + -ic.