The phrase "a pessimistic way" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a manner of thinking or behaving that is characterized by negativity or a lack of hope.
Example: "She always approaches challenges in a pessimistic way, expecting the worst outcome."
Alternatives: "a negative perspective" or "a gloomy outlook".
Dr Smith-Laing cleared his throat in a pessimistic way.
So it's easier for the supplier to tell the truth when you ask it in a pessimistic way because they just have to kind of confirm something.
Although this is our culture's most frequent explanation for why people are the way they are, assigning a negative personality trait to someone is both fixed-mindset and a pessimistic way of thinking (considering something bad as permanent, pervasive, and personal).
Not in a pessimistic way, but as a life-lesson type of way.
Nudging the market in a particular direction is a weak, pessimistic way of trying to get a handle on pervasive problems, but researchers and administrators spend so much time around economists and data that their favorite hammers narrow their perceptions to a small range of nails.
More to the point, it treats the positive cash flows in a "pessimistic" fashion and the negative cash flows in a "forgiving" way.
Old, pessimistic way of thinking: I've missed my daughter's entire university career, from freshers' week to graduation, just sitting here waiting for someone to explain why my broadband speed is so slow that it takes longer for me to load a web page than it would take a mollusc to translate the New Testament into Portuguese.
When someone around us tends to think and react in negative and pessimistic ways we can "catch" their way of thinking without realizing it.
But this is a drab, pessimistic, transactional way of running a country, and it doesn't work.
This might be too pessimistic a view.
As long as our banks are allowed to operate a thoroughly pessimistic, "no way" Britain, the Prime Minister's call to action to the rest of us will remain a pointless grandstanding exercise like every PM's conference address.
