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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

optimistic
     adj 1: expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in
            an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an
            optimistic view" [ant: pessimistic]
     2: expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn: affirmative]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Optimistic \Op`ti*mis"tic\, a.
   1. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or
      conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for
      the best.

   2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.