I had always thought of myself as a sanguine person, quite light and airy.
In contrast, if one knows that this is the right way to go, then one will be more sanguine in the light of this development, and thus will in all likelihood press on regardless (and thereby have one's confidence rewarded by getting where one needs to go).
Less common tinctures include: Tenne (orange or light brown) Sanguine (dark red) Murrey (dark purple) Bleu Celeste (light blue) Carnation (flesh coloured) Cendree (grey).
Jefferson may have been overly sanguine that the spread of the light of science would necessarily strengthen the cause of human rights.
"We're very sanguine we may not hit the green light level," he said.
Environmental groups say the complainers are a cranky minority — that consumers will eventually get used to new light — but those in the illumination business can't afford to be so sanguine.
Canavero shrugs, sanguine.
Others are more sanguine.
Jamaluddin was more sanguine.
