Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sanguine manner; with confidence of success; hopefully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sanguine manner.
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- adverb In a
sanguine manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"This is not a new phenomenon," he says sanguinely.
The Taming of 'The Do' Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Rinsewater smiled, sanguinely, because when the occasion called for it he believed in adverbosity.
God Bless You, Mr. Rinsewater Frank Rasky 2011
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But -- and here is the crux of the issue -- would they back off if their nuclear arsenal were in place, and would we be so sanguinely confident that they would desist or be ready to engage them in combat?
Raymond J. Learsy: Just In Time -- Iran Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz To Oil Transit Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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But -- and here is the crux of the issue -- would they back off if their nuclear arsenal were in place, and would we be so sanguinely confident that they would desist or be ready to engage them in combat?
Raymond J. Learsy: Just In Time -- Iran Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz To Oil Transit Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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Then we all stopped, and stared at each other, sanguinely.
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This craven display should awaken anyone who sanguinely assumed that “everything changed” on November 4.
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Bloomfield, however, visited Mr. Lofft, and that kind-hearted and erudite man, entering sanguinely into his views, edited the work through the press, wrote a preface, and the poem appeared as a literary meteor.
Letter 388 2009
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As for the sanguinely viewed "Obama Effect" on the Muslim World, the report laments that US approval dropped following the Israeli-Gaza incursion earlier this year.
"Obama Effect" On Lebanese Election Touted By Some, Doubted By Others 2010
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When he praised billionaire-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, failed to make Paul Krugman Treasury Secretary and selected a HUD chief who had sanguinely suggested making a good portion of New York's scarce public housing private and market rate, one knew the President was not perfect, but then no one is.
Michael Henry Adams: Barack Obama, Here to Save the World? 2010
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When he praised billionaire-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, failed to make Paul Krugman Treasury Secretary and selected a HUD chief who had sanguinely suggested making a good portion of New York's scarce public housing private and market rate, one knew the President was not perfect, but then no one is.
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