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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Guggenheim analyst Joseph Osha described the move as the company’s “biggest incremental positive.”
From Barron's
Surveys show Spaniards have consistently had some of the most positive attitudes in Europe about the impact of immigration on their country.
Beyond Alphabet, Prentice said he sees positive momentum in shares of AI-related memory and storage companies.
From MarketWatch
The consensus is dangerously positive, making a pullback both more likely and more likely to be significant.
AT&T said it expects the acquisition to have a positive impact on adjusted earnings growth, with a double-digit compound annual growth rate through 2028.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
