affirmative

affirmative
affirmatively, adv.
/euh ferr"meuh tiv/, adj.
1. affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
2. expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply.
3. positive; not negative.
4. Logic. noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as "All men are happy."
n.
5. something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation.
6. a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do.
7. a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative.
8. the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative.
9. (used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): "Is this the right way to Lake George?" "Affirmative."
[1400-50; < L affirmativus, equiv. to affirmat- (see AFFIRMATION) + -ivus -IVE; r. late ME affirmatyff < MF < L]

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