positive
Usage
What are other ways to say positive?
The adjective positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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She added that she knew it was "not a positive experience" for patients, but if she could "send a woman back to her family" with fewer worries, then she had done her job.
From BBC
"While there are some positive elements in the proposals, they require further work and clarification," Bradley says.
From BBC
Pixie Dust Fan calls itself a positive place for people to share their Disney addiction and share tips.
Most contract development and manufacturing organizations have issued positive profit alerts, and further guidance upgrades are likely.
While that may sound like a positive, the limitations in the study made it difficult to tell what condition the patients were in when they were sent home or to an assisted-living facility, Crowe noted.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
