confident

confident (ˈkɒnfɪdənt)

—*adj* (foll by of)
1.	having or showing confidence or certainty; sure: confident of success
2.	sure of oneself; bold
3.	presumptuous; excessively bold

[C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confide]

'confidently

—*adv*

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confident

1570s, "self-reliant, sure of oneself," from L. confidentem "firmly trusting, reliant, self-confident, bold, daring," prp. of confidere (see confidence). Related: Confidently (1590s).

Example sentences

If you do, you can say you are confident that you will be able to agree on

satisfactory compensation.

With all his lightness of manner, he is essentially a witness under oath, and

testifies only to what he is confident he knows.

It felt self-sufficient and confident and beautiful in our own slapdash,

cross-your-fingers fashion.

He was supremely confident of his instincts and his virtuosity.

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"If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless."

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