Pollyannish
adj
adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone derogatory
"[…] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of."
- 2 Alternative form of Pollyannish. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"[…] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of."
Etymology
From Pollyanna + -ish.
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