pessimistically
1
5.4
- adverb
- /ˌpɛsɪˈmɪstɪkli/
:
pessimísticamente
- Similarly, a 1995 World Bank study titled Global Economic Prospects and Developing Countries concluded pessimistically on the outlook for economic growth and development in the Middle East and North Africa.
- conclude pessimistically
So when I begin to think pessimistically, it's time for a hike.
- So when I begin to think pessimistically, it's time for a hike.
Examples
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Malthus pessimistically anticipated that "Necessity, the all-imperious, all-pervasive law of nature," would periodically produce an unproductive, starving surplus population (Malthus 72).
Academic text (2017) -
GM: I tend to write rather pessimistically and critically because things that are suspicious and distrustful are easier to be accepted and passed off as signs of a careful professional attitude.
Fiction book (2002) -
So when I begin to think pessimistically, it's time for a hike.
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I hope you can, she thought pessimistically, but I'm not going to bet on it
Fiction book (1990) -
He always looked slightly worried and spoke pessimistically about almost everything.
Fiction book (1999) -
Brett: I gave two projections for the team: pessimistically, 13 wins.
Blog text (10) -
Kroosew sighed pessimistically.
Fiction book (1999) -
And if this might be said pessimistically about the practice of multinational corporations involved in propagating world music, a similarly bleak account can be given of the music's consumption itself.
Academic text (2009) -
One of the most thoughtful of the few recent accounts of its prospects in the 1990s concluded pessimistically that "the centre is now more dominant, and the periphery more subordinate than at any time since decolonization began" (Buzan, 1991: 451).
Academic text (1992) -
When faced with setbacks, she often thinks pessimistically that things will never improve.
Synonyms
3
4.1
In a sad way that shows no hope
2
6.2
In a way that shows no hope or cheer
1
6.1
In a way that shows no hope
1
7.3
In a sad, hopeless way that shows you have lost hope
1
7.4
In a sad way that shows no hope
In a way that shows something bad will happen
Antonyms
How Pessimistic
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6.1
3
4.1
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5.4
68
3.9
108
1.3
9
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
pessimistically = pessimistic (transparent) = pessimist + ic + ally
The adverb is a regular derivation from the adjective 'pessimistic' using the productive adverbial suffix '-ally'.
Etymology
The word pessimistically comes from pessimist, from an old Latin word pessimus meaning 'worst'. So, to look at something pessimistically is to expect the worst, the opposite of being hopeful or 'optimistic'.