Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a confident manner; with firm trust; with strong assurance; without doubt or wavering of opinion; positively; dogmatically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
confident manner; withconfidence ; with strongassurance ;positively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with confidence; in a confident manner
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Examples
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What I can state confidently is that Splice is definitely not that ...
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What I can state confidently is that Splice is definitely not that ...
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To those questioning the stability of this thing, all I can say confidently is that it's totally adequate for the size and weight of my computer - it doesn't budge, even when I (constantly) bump into my desk accidentally.
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What I can state confidently is that Splice is definitely not that ...
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It would be very easy to write a very stupid religion-and-Torchwood story; but Minchin confidently takes Gwen and Rhys through matters ecclesiastical, in what for me is the slightly foreign church environment of South Wales.
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Armed with LOW's knowledge I went in confidently asking for 20 1 oz silver bars.
Silver Certificates and failure to redeem. Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008
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"What can be stated confidently is that no credible evidence exists which can tie the Kennedys (nor, for that matter, the Mafia) into a murder plot."
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For instance, with the Rocket Spanish program, audio clips are embedded into the grammar lessons so you can confidently say the Spanish words and phrases.
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Or, in my case, that the sweater I’m kntting so confidently is not going to fit.
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Or, in my case, that the sweater I’m kntting so confidently is not going to fit.
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