Pollyannish

pollyannish English Alternative forms en Pollyanna-ish, en Pollyannaish Etymology en :af Pollyanna -ish + 1 Adjective en pejorative irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone en 12 Dec 81 9 21 Gay Community News 10 Andrea F. Loewenstein Gay Theatre Verité what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of. en 2023-06-01 Apostle of bipartisanship: why US debt ceiling deal was a victory for Joe Biden David Smith Shalanda Young, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/01/biden-us-debt-ceiling-victory-bipartisan-image She insisted: "Look, the House is not very different from when I was there. You have to have some faith in the governing majority, which I do, because I have a lot of respect for members on both sides of the aisle to do what’s best for the American people. And that is not some pollyannish thing. I know them." https://web.archive.org/web/20261024110017/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/01/biden-us-debt-ceiling-victory-bipartisan-image 24 October 2026 en eponyms