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pessimistically
adverb as in hopelessly
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"I betche Andy just wanted a lay-off, and took that way uh getting it," declared Happy Jack pessimistically.
When she had gone, Bibbs mooned pessimistically from shelf to shelf, his eye wandering among the titles of the books.
They correctly—and pessimistically—assumed that their coming was only rare.
Isn't this play going to end pessimistically after all, then?
Equally plain, I thought pessimistically, was the explanation.
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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pessimistically, such as: desperately, sadly, dispiritedly, cynically, darkly, and dejectedly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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