Assertively
confidently aggressive or self–ssured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic:
he is too -ssertive as a salesman.
having a distinctive or pr-nounced taste or aroma.
contemporary examples
lukonge chimes in -ssertively: “when people discourage us we feel more encouraged to go on.”
victims no more: congo’s bad-ss women mechanics nina strochlic june 5, 2014
historical examples
well have to get her back before that time, declared her chum, -ssertively.
the girls of central high gertrude w. morrison
malmaison wears its flowers as a lady wears her gems, flauntingly, -ssertively.
men, women and ghosts amy lowell
her voice was a very soft and pleasing voice, and she spoke persuasively and not -ssertively as so many american women do.
the secret places of the heart h. g. wells
adjective
confident and direct in claiming one’s rights or putting forward one’s views
given to making -ssertions or bold demands; dogmatic or aggressive
adv.
mid-15c., -ssertiveli; see -ssertive + -ly (2).
adj.
1560s, “declaratory, positive, full of -ssertion,” from -ssert + -ive. meaning “insisting on one’s rights” is short for self–ssertive (1865).
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a type of behavior therapy in which people are taught appropriate methods of -sserting themselves in various situations through honest and direct expression of both positive and negative feelings. historical examples anxiety is offset by means of desensitization, -ssertiveness training, and s-x therapy. when you don’t know where to turn steven j. bartlett dr. cantwell […]
- Assertoric
adjective (logic) (of a statement) stating a fact, as opposed to expressing an evaluative judgment (obsolete) judging what is rather than what may or must be historical examples the expression of actuality in the -ssertoric judgment involves no adverbial modification of the predicate. a commentary to kant’s ‘critique of pure reason’ norman kemp smith
- Assertory
stated positively; affirmative: an -ssertory proposition.
- Asses
plural of 1 . plural of 2 . a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden. any wild species of the genus equus, as the onager. a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person. . a copper coin and early monetary unit of ancient rome, […]
- Assessable
to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation. to fix or determine the amount of (damages, a tax, a fine, etc.): the hurricane damage was -ssessed at six million dollars. to impose a tax or other charge on. to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate: to […]