positive
Usage
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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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Medical safety inspectors previously told the trial the firm's laboratory at Park Works "looked like a building site", with the number of positive tests it returned also described as "suspiciously low".
From BBC
The company said it has 10 potential new medicines advanced into final-stage development and 12 late-stage clinical studies that delivered positive results.
Zhao said relations were on "the correct track to improvement and development" while Starmer called the visit a chance to "find positive ways to work together".
From Barron's
The American-mediated talks between Russians and Ukrainians in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday were upbeat, positive and constructive, according to U.S. officials who briefed reporters afterward.
For the full year, the MAS said it expects gross domestic product to “ease relative to the stronger outturn in 2025, with the positive output gap projected to narrow over the course of the year.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
