pessimistically

1. 1.

   with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner

   “he evaluated his chances for survival rather pessimistically”

   Antonymsoptimistically

Questions about pessimistically

What does pessimistically mean?

pessimistically means "with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner".

How many syllables are in pessimistically?

pessimistically has 6 syllables and divides as pes-si-mi-sti-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of pessimistically?

The recorded antonyms are optimistically.

Is pessimistically a common word?

pessimistically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.