Assertively
confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic:
He is too assertive as a salesman.
having a distinctive or pronounced taste or aroma.
Contemporary Examples
Lukonge chimes in assertively: “When people discourage us we feel more encouraged to go on.”
Victims No More: Congo’s Badass Women Mechanics Nina Strochlic June 5, 2014
Historical Examples
Well have to get her back before that time, declared her chum, assertively.
The Girls of Central High Gertrude W. Morrison
Malmaison wears its flowers as a lady wears her gems, flauntingly, assertively.
Men, Women and Ghosts Amy Lowell
Her voice was a very soft and pleasing voice, and she spoke persuasively and not assertively 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 assertions or bold demands; dogmatic or aggressive
adv.
mid-15c., assertiveli; see assertive + -ly (2).
adj.
1560s, “declaratory, positive, full of assertion,” from assert + -ive. Meaning “insisting on one’s rights” is short for self-assertive (1865).
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