希き望ぼう的てき

na-adjective

wishful; hopeful (but not necessarily realistic)

Describes thinking or statements based on hope rather than evidence; often used in phrases like 希望的観測 (wishful thinking).

• 彼かれの予よ測そくは希き望ぼう的てき観かん測そくに過すぎない。

  His prediction is nothing more than wishful thinking.

• 希き望ぼう的てき発はつ言げんは避さけて、事じ実じつだけを述のべてください。

  Please avoid wishful remarks and state only the facts.