Crossword-Solution: AFFIRMATIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Affirmative | a. | Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. |
| Affirmative | a. | That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote. |
| Affirmative | a. | Positive; dogmatic. |
| Affirmative | a. | Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. |
| Affirmative | a. | Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted. |
| Affirmative | n. | That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. |
| Affirmative | n. | A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc. |
We have 51 clues for the answer “AFFIRMATIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a reply of affirmation | 1 answer |
| What to latch onto, with "the" ... | 1 answer |
| Agreeing with a request | 1 answer |
| AFFIRMABLE | 1 answer |
| declaratory | 6 answers |
| aye | 12 answers |
| Yea | 15 answers |
| Undisputed | 26 answers |
| Emphatic | 30 answers |
| confirmative | 33 answers |
| verificatory | 33 answers |
| corroborative | 33 answers |
| confirmatory | 33 answers |
| adminicular | 34 answers |
| ratification | 35 answers |
| assisting | 37 answers |
| corroboratory | 37 answers |
| assured | 44 answers |
| assertive | 46 answers |
| ancillary | 47 answers |
| assenting | 52 answers |
| authorising | 52 answers |
| collateral | 53 answers |
| indubitable | 53 answers |
| authorisation | 54 answers |
| acquiescent | 55 answers |
| accordant | 56 answers |
| sanctioning | 57 answers |
| helping | 60 answers |
| compliant | 61 answers |
| Categorical | 61 answers |
| Endorsement | 62 answers |
| AUXILIARY ___ | 62 answers |
| supportive | 65 answers |
| Forceful | 66 answers |
| Unequivocal | 68 answers |
| Sanction | 71 answers |
| Assent | 71 answers |
| approving | 73 answers |
| Certainty | 75 answers |
| incisive | 75 answers |
| Confirmation | 75 answers |
| Definite | 77 answers |
| agreeing | 77 answers |
| Yes __! | 82 answers |
| Certain | 84 answers |
| Agree-ment | 88 answers |
| Impressive | 89 answers |
| Sure! | 89 answers |
| Acting | 91 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with AFFIRMATIVE (5)
The thought of uttering something that logically ought to be an affirmative knowing it will be misparsed as a negative tends to disturb them.
His friendship and liking for the girl were potent factors in urging him toward an affirmative decision.
Last year I had to give her a whopping raise while the rest of us had to settle for the usual 3%, and Ted at the Affirmative Action Office says we've got to give her more again this year and then still more until she catches up to or surpasses Fred's paycheck.
Bruff, when I had mentioned the circumstances to him, answered the question at once in the affirmative.
All this was a brilliant monologue on the part of the duchess, who, like many of her country-women, was a person of an affirmative rather than an interrogative cast of mind, who made _mots_ and put them herself into circulation, and who was apt to offer you a present of a convenient little opinion, neatly enveloped in the gilt paper of a happy Gallicism.
Quotes with AFFIRMATIVE (3)
Intellectual freedom begins when one says with Socrates that he knows that he knows nothing, and then goes on to add: Do you know what you don’t know and therefore what you should know? If your answer is affirmative and humble, then you are your own teacher, you are making your own assignment, and you will be your own best critic. You will not need externally imposed courses, nor marks, nor diplomas, nor a nod from your boss . . . in business or in politics. (from the essay The Last Don Rag)
This, above all, ask yourself in the stillest hour of the night: must I write? Delve deep into yourself. And if this should be affirmative, if you may meet this question witha strong and simple 'I must' then build your lfie according to this necessity; your life even into its most indifferent and slightest hour must be a sign of this urge and a testimony to it.
Recovery is the affirmative outcome you’ll enjoy once you have moved through a setback and arrived on the other side. The sooner you find ways to achieve solutions for recovery, the faster you will regain vitality, hope and well-being.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2003).