The phrase "a slightly more optimistic" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when comparing levels of optimism, typically in discussions about attitudes, forecasts, or perspectives.
Example: "After reviewing the latest data, I feel a slightly more optimistic outlook on the project's success."
Alternatives: "a bit more hopeful" or "somewhat more positive".
It's a slightly more optimistic view".
But it offered a slightly more optimistic assessment of economic activity than it had in December.
Still, he took a slightly more optimistic view of the data.
In a slightly more optimistic prognosis for homeowners or buyers, Frank E. Nothaft, the chief economist of Freddie Mac, wrote in an annual trend forecast on Dec. 6.
G.M. projected that the industry would sell 11 million to 12 million vehicles nationwide this year, and Ford made a slightly more optimistic forecast, of 11.5 million to 12.5 million.
Indeed, CBO thinks that deficits should remain below 3percentt of GDP through 2018, a slightly more optimistic view than it expressed in its last update four months ago.
A set of slightly more optimistic songs was compiled posthumously, in 1994, as "Another Thought," for Philip Glass's Point Music label.
We've already gotten through one year, and now the question is not "are we in a recession?" but the slightly more optimistic "are we in a recovery?" Recession announcements are like babies in that there's growing evidence of what's coming months before they officially arrive.
The mayor balances the budget for fiscal 2002, which begins July 1, with a Wall Street profit forecast that, despite hints of an economic slowdown and a sluggish stock market, is slightly more optimistic than it was at this time last year.
Analysts at RBC Capital Markets put a fundamental value of $30 on the stock; UBS was slightly more optimistic, with a fundamental value of $31.
His appointment would come at a low ebb for the peace process, although there were slightly more optimistic noises from a summit in Egypt yesterday.
