Adjective : an affirmative reply. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a reply in the affirmative. ,to speak for the affirmative. From Dictionary.com.
Interjection : "Is this the right way to Lake George?" "Affirmative.". From Dictionary.com.
LIEBERMAN: Let me put it affirmatively which is what I really mean. From Wordnik.com. [30 « June « 2008 « Niqnaq] Reference
"affirmatively", on the basis of race, to achieve racially-balanced integration. From Wordnik.com. [VDARE.com - Latest Articles] Reference
Boland heard a familiar voice answer affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
The proud head nodded affirmatively to the inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Other people I wrote about affirmatively have thanked me. From Wordnik.com. [Who's Next For The Sec?] Reference
No judgment will be attached if you answer affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [The First Date Questionnaire] Reference
The prosecution, nodding affirmatively, looked at the jury. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
This is an arguing from a general to a special affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London] Reference
So much is shown, affirmatively and negatively, by the election. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
If this question is not answered now and affirmatively, Governor. From Wordnik.com. [The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox] Reference
Government: affirmatively, what it is, viz. Christ's own Officers. From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London] Reference
Again he answered affirmatively; the blue eyes looked at him long. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
"I did like that girl," she says, then affirmatively, "yes, I did.". From Wordnik.com. [Dead Mothers] Reference
The big bowed glasses looked at him quietly and nodded affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Last week, the state takes the death penalty off the table affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2009] Reference
I was about replying to him affirmatively, when his words arrested my attention. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The faithful Nubian, scarcely less affected than his master, bowed affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
All blushes, she nodded her head affirmatively, while the crowd shouted approval. From Wordnik.com. [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference
Mike answered affirmatively; and the two proceeded towards Mr. Goldworthy's house. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life] Reference
If this question is to be answered affirmatively or negatively, I emphatically say no. From Wordnik.com. [Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro] Reference
The administration is now asking Congress to affirmatively take those protections away. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Richardson: FBI's Latest Power Grab Is a Bold and Unnecessary Move] Reference
Zuleika nodded her head affirmatively, and still more imperatively pointed to the wall. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Mme. de Rancogne glanced inquiringly at Monte-Cristo, who nodded his head affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
The detective nodded affirmatively, and Mr. Whitney examined the weapon in some perplexity. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
Julien nodded his head affirmatively, and informed the cure of the sad notice he had received. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"My dream comes true," thought Frederick as he bowed affirmatively to the magistrate's enquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
When I nodded affirmatively, she took my hand and led me through the hotel lobby to an elevator. From Wordnik.com. [Unfit - VI] Reference
Europe, while forbearing to reject, did not affirmatively act upon the overtures of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
In fact, the national government had to affirmatively step in to make sure everybody had a fair chance. From Wordnik.com. [What Good Is Government...] Reference
"Ess," said the mite at this, thinking his testimony was appealed to, and nodding his head affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle] Reference
It would seem that most of the advanced women of the day would answer the first of these questions affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887] Reference
As to whether leather is a veritable combination, it seems to us that this question should be answered affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
Government should be immediately resumed and affirmatively and constructively dealt with at the earliest possible moment. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Occasionally the three nodded their heads affirmatively as Davis talked, each occasionally volunteering a few words himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference
In the 3rd person (and sometimes even the 1st plural) the pres.subj. may take the place of the Imperative used affirmatively. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
He didn ` t say, "I affirmatively do not want Debbie Rowe to be the guardian of my children if something should happen to me.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2009] Reference
"What this really reflects is a vote away from Republicans, which is not the same thing as a vote affirmatively for Democrats.". From Wordnik.com. [A Latino 'Spanking'] Reference
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