confidently


confidently

with assurance, with certainty, boldly: I can say confidently that they are having an affair.
Not to be confused with:confidentially – privately, intimately, secretly: Confidentially, I believe they are having an affair.

con·fi·dent

C0561000 (kŏn′fĭ-dənt)adj.1. Feeling or showing certainty, as of success: was confident that the venture would be profitable.2. Feeling or showing confidence in oneself; self-assured: a confident driver. See Synonyms at sure.3. Obsolete Confiding; trustful.
[Latin cōnfīdēns, cōnfīdent-, present participle of cōnfīdere, to rely on; see confide.]
con′fi·dent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.confidently - with confidence; in a confident manner; "we have to do what is right confidently"
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