Optimistic
Optimistic adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.
Spirited and optimistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spirited" instead an adjective "Optimistic".
Spirited
Spirited adjective - Marked by a lively display of strong feeling.
Optimistic and spirited are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Optimistic" instead an adjective "Spirited".
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- The Pollyanna: Jolliforth Jollington, a man so optimistic and good-spirited that the mere mention of happy things causes him to spontaneously become stouter and jollier.
- A free-spirited, headstrong and optimistic young woman who finds herself incompatible with the group of people she wishes to belong to is sent to the household of an aloof dark-haired Austrian man.
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