upbeat

mod. bright and cheery; not negative. (Compare this with downbeat.) I’d prefer to open the conference with an upbeat topic.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rikke	REEK-ke	Danish
Xenocrates	zi-NAH-krə-teez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
WŁOdzimierz	vwaw-JEEM-yesh	Polish
Ata (1)	-	Turkish
Candy	KAN-dee	English
Alfonsina	-	Italian