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Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

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  1. a. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
  2. adj. aggressively self-assured
  3. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill. As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n.
  4. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill.As*sert"ive*ly, adv.-- As*sert"ive*ness, n.
  5. j:100 a. aggressively self-assured