Hopeful individual omits tip, oddly (8)

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optimist

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'hopeful' is the definition.
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'omits tip oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'omits'+'tip'='omitstip'
'omitstip' is an anagram of 'OPTIMIST'.

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(Other definitions for optimist that I've seen before include "I expect more?" , "One wearing rose-tinted spectacles" , "One always sees the glass as half-full" , "cheerful type" , "I hope for the best" .)

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