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af⋅firm⋅a⋅tive

   [uh-fur-muh-tiv]
–adjective
1. affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
2. expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply.
3. positive; not negative.
4. Logic. noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as “All men are happy.”
–noun
5. something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation.
6. a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do.
7. a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative.
8. the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative.
–interjection
9. (used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): “Is this the right way to Lake George?” “Affirmative.”
Origin:
1400–50; < L affirmātīvus, equiv. to affirmāt- (see affirmation ) + -īvus -ive; r. late ME affirmatyff < MF < L
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af·fir·ma·tive     (ə-fûr'mə-tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer "yes": an affirmative reply.
  2. Giving assent or approval; confirming: an affirmative vote.
  3. Positive; optimistic: an affirmative outlook.
  4. Logic Of, relating to, or being a proposition in which the predicate affirms something about the subject, such as the statement apples have seeds.
n.  
  1. A word or statement of agreement or assent, such as the word yes.
  2. The side in a debate that upholds the proposition: Her team will speak for the affirmative.
adv.   Informal Used in place of the response "yes" to express confirmation or consent.
af·fir'ma·tive·ly adv.
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affirmatively

adverb
in an affirmative manner 

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Affirmatively

Af*firm"a*tive*ly\, adv. In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

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