guardedly optimistic
1guardedly — guarded UK US /ˈgɑːdɪd/ adjective ► careful not to give too much information or show how you really feel: »a guarded response »Conversation on the trading floor tends to be polite but guarded. ► protected from being known, found, harmed, or taken …
2optimistic — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ remain, stay …
3guardedly — adv. Guardedly is used with these adjectives: ↑optimistic Guardedly is used with these verbs: ↑reply …
4guarded — [[t]gɑ͟ː(r)dɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as guarded, you mean that they are careful not to show their feelings or give away information. The boy gave him a guarded look... In the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed.… …
5guarded — UK US /ˈgɑːdɪd/ adjective ► careful not to give too much information or show how you really feel: »a guarded response »Conversation on the trading floor tends to be polite but guarded. ► protected from being known, found, harmed, or taken:… …
6Japanese battleship Kongō — Kongō (金剛, vajra or indestructible ) was the Imperial Japanese Navy s first super dreadnought type battlecruiser, and the name ship of her class, which also included the . She was upgraded to a battleship rating in the 1930s and served in several …
7Richard Rainwater — Richard E. Rainwater (born 1943) is an American investor and billionaire fund manager. With an estimated current net worth of around $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 91st richest person in the United States.Rainwater is a financial… …
8Mistakes were made — is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by using the passive… …
9modernization — See modernize. * * * Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important,… …
10Genetically Modified Foods: The Political Debate — ▪ 2001 Norman Myers By 2000 genetically modified (GM) foods had created a political furor in many parts of the world. Those on one side of the controversy argued that GM foods could represent one of the biggest advances ever achieved in… …
