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pollyannaish | pollyannaishly |
(pejorative) .
* 2000 June, (Nicholas Rescher), “
* 2012 December 25, Victor Mair, “
In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
* 1993 , George G. Kaufman, Robert E. Litan, Assessing bank reform: FDICIA one year later (page 87)
As an adjective pollyannaish
is .As an adverb pollyannaishly is
in a pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.pollyannaish
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* , Pollyannaish *Adjective
(en adjective)Optimalism and Axiological Metaphysics]” in [[w:Review of Metaphysics, The Review of Metaphysics]LIII, ? 4, § iii, page 819:
- Accordingly the objection “Is not optimalism simply too Pollyanna-ish to be plausible?” can be met effectively.
Chinese character of the year: mèng ? (‘dream’)”, Language Log :
- Even long before this choice of character of the year was made, critics were complaining about the [Chinese] government’s Pollyannaish touting of mèng , saying that the dreams of most people were in vain.
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(en adverb)- Albert Casey, head of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), has even suggested (perhaps Pollyannaishly ) that as little as $25 billion additional federal resources may be needed to finish the S&L cleanup.