Pollyannaishly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pollyannaish + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]Pollyannaishly (comparative more Pollyannaishly, superlative most Pollyannaishly)
- In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
- 1993, George G. Kaufman, Robert E. Litan, Assessing bank reform: FDICIA one year later, page 87:
- 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.