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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For the full year, PayPal expects adjusted earnings per share in the range of a “low-single-digit decline to slightly positive” growth.
From MarketWatch
But the breakthrough in talks after a long impasse is being seen as directionally positive.
From BBC
Other players have called for referees' contracts to be upgraded with a more positive tone.
From Barron's
Four of the Magnificent Seven tech stocks reported their results last week, but the numbers failed to move the needle for the index, and that potentially positive factor is now behind us.
From Barron's
A weak dollar benefits U.S. investors in global ETFs and emerging markets, and is positive for semiconductor and energy stocks.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
