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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Richard Wright KC, counsel to the inquiry, said hearings to date had received "generally positive evidence" in relation to the policy.
From BBC
"However, only 15 percent of firms that use AI cite reducing labour costs as a factor, and this is insufficient to offset the overall positive effects observed to date," they said.
From Barron's
Fewer than a dozen of the 800 stocks listed in Korea managed to close in positive territory.
From MarketWatch
Fewer than a dozen of the 800 stocks listed in Korea managed to close in positive territory.
From MarketWatch
His mindset seems both positive and fully focused on what's to come.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
