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9 words match “CONFIDENTLY”

CONFIDENTLY adv.
With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
ASSERTIVE a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill. As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n.
FLIPPANT a.
Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsederate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogous." Thomson. To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke.
FUTURIST n.
One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.
HARDLY adv.
Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.
MORAL a.
lthough not demonstrable as a certainty; a probability of so high a degree that it can be confidently acted upon in the affairs of life; as, there is a moral certainty of his guilt. -- Moral insanity, insanity, so called, of the moral system; badness alleged to be irresponsible. -- Moral philosophy, the science of du…
PRESUMINGLY adv.
Confidently; arrogantly.
PRONUNCIATIVE a.
Uttering confidently; dogmatical. [Obs.] Bacon.
TRUST v. 2 definitions
To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12. We trustwe have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18.