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Pollyannaishly

Pollyannaishly adverb: in a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.

Adverb

Pollyannaishly (comparative more Pollyannaishly, superlative most Pollyannaishly)

  1. In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
    • 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.1993, George G. Kaufman, Robert E. Litan, Assessing bank reform: FDICIA one year later, page 87

Forms of Pollyannaishly

comparativemore Pollyannaishly
superlativemost Pollyannaishly

Origin of Pollyannaishly

From Pollyannaish + -ly.

Questions about Pollyannaishly

What does Pollyannaishly mean?
Pollyannaishly means in a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
What part of speech is Pollyannaishly?
Pollyannaishly is an adverb.

Words near Pollyannaishly in the dictionary

  1. Pollyanish
  2. pollyanna
  3. Pollyanna creep
  4. pollyanna-ish
  5. pollyannaish
  6. Pollyannaishly
  7. Pollyannaism
  8. pollyannas
  9. pollyannish
  10. Pollyannism
  11. pollyblobs

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