`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : He is too assertive as a salesman. From Dictionary.com.
It isn't even close: the term really means that the employer will affirmatively (= "assertively," as you put it) seek out women and members of minority groups. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1] Reference
You heard the president speak out rather assertively today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2002] Reference
Q Can you state it assertively so we know where it does stand?. From Wordnik.com. [Backgrounder On Haitian Refugee Absorption] Reference
If that happens, I think you will see Detroit respond more assertively. From Wordnik.com. [Online Forum: Editors on the Future of Energy] Reference
The Pentagon has said very assertively it is only one of the countries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2002] Reference
Instead, he quietly and assertively raised Wall Street contributions by 50 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Allison Kilkenny: Caroline Kennedy: Paying to Play] Reference
Some countries are beginning to react more assertively to try to manage the problem. From Wordnik.com. [World's Central Bankers] Reference
Yet assertively championing constitutionalism would be shrewd, as well as principled. From Wordnik.com. [1984 in 2010: Hijacking Democracy to Spy on Americans] Reference
Sometimes I wish I was the kind of person that reacted assertively to this type of thing. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
I asked as assertively as I could without sounding unintentionally insincere or scolding. From Wordnik.com. [goldylockz22 Diary Entry] Reference
Instead of reacting assertively, you stand transfixed like a deer in the headlights of a car. From Wordnik.com. [Just Listen - 10 Ways to Recognize a Jerk] Reference
Especially as we start using those forces more assertively against looters and other criminals. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2003] Reference
He clearly did not feel comfortable to challenge assertively an older woman making that type of comment. From Wordnik.com. [Full Video: McCain Says Supporter's "Bitch" Query About Hillary Is "An Excellent Question"] Reference
Hindsight being 20/20, Bill Clinton should not have been so assertively "campaigning" for Hillary Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [Report: For Hillary Campaign, "No Plans Beyond Wednesday"] Reference
A more assertively provincial, narrow-minded, anti-progressive, anti-New South place you could not hope to find. From Wordnik.com. [Anya Kamenetz: MY Truth about Baton Rouge] Reference
Govender said the commission wanted to use the courts and the legal system "fairly assertively" in some matters. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
“I …” She faltered, cleared her throat, then said more assertively, “I failed to set the alarm tonight.”. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
Unrest in the U.S. that is showing dissatisfaction with the Iraq policy the president is now assertively defending. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2005] Reference
She may be the strong female voice we've been looking for to speak out assertively and aggressively against Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Power Resigns Over Hillary-Is-Monster Comment] Reference
I'll speak with a Muslim, a veteran of the U.S. armed forces who wants American Muslims to speak out more assertively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2009] Reference
Bradley adamantly insists he did not do the right thing when he didn't assertively, aggressively tell people about it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Iowa Caucuses: Health Questions Slowing Down Bradley Campaign - January 22, 2000] Reference
Policy makers moved assertively to counteract the potentially devastating effect that tragedy might have had on our economy. From Wordnik.com. [How Low Interest Rates] Reference
BLITZER: Do we expect the president to be reaching out to Democrats a little bit more assertively in the coming days and weeks?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2007] Reference
I do not have a problem with Republicans speaking their minds and assertively putting their markers down, and concerns on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Burns Strider: Shovel Ready Jobs Needed in Washington] Reference
The President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, has assertively avowed to dismantle the abominable system of apartheid by the armed struggle. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT ON ZAMBIAN TELEVISION, JUNE 1986 (1)] Reference
The NEC resolved, among other things, to strengthen the organisation and pursue more assertively and actively its programme of change. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT OF THE ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE] Reference
"We are trying to do corporate governance quietly, but no less assertively than we have in the past," says Calpers CEO Fred Buenrostro. From Wordnik.com. [The Change Agent] Reference
The Fenty campaign has also quietly but just as assertively gone after undeclared voters to persuade them to get involved in the primary. From Wordnik.com. [2,600 D.C. voters switch to the Democratic Party ahead of mayoral primary] Reference
Over time I've learned a number of tricks to most assertively misinterprete, and I'd like to share a few to get those interested started. From Wordnik.com. [oatcake Diary Entry] Reference
If you mount a set of good winter tires for the snowy season, the Charger will have better traction and move assertively on slippery roads. From Wordnik.com. [A Sporty Car Other Than a BMW] Reference
Women may ask female doctors more assertively for the tests, says study author Dr. Nicole Lurie of Minneapolis's Hennepin County Medical Center. From Wordnik.com. [Going To A Female Doc] Reference
I didn't get to eat half of my sandwich before English today, but I was named a group leader because I "write assertively with strong opinions.". From Wordnik.com. [and-the-way Diary Entry] Reference
In the large oil "Self-Portrait With Brushes," Munch depicts himself as utterly confident, standing in formal clothing, his hands assertively clasped in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond 'The Scream'] Reference
Part of the gamesmanship here will be trying to look non-partisan, trying to look non-combative while Condoleezza Rice tries to very assertively make her point -- Bill. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2004] Reference
As assertively democratic as a Norman Rockwell poster, it strikes indiscriminately at all ages, races, creeds, and classes, though women are at considerably higher risk than men. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness Visible] Reference
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