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confidently, adv.|ˈkɒnfɪdəntlɪ|
[f. confident a. + -ly2.]
In a confident manner; with confidence; with firm trust, belief, or assurance; boldly, unhesitatingly; without doubt or diffidence.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxviii. §4 Confidently from thence to conclude the necessity. 1611Bible Luke xxii. 59 Another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a trueth this fellow also was with him. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 198 Trust not..the Nights too confidently, unless the Weather be thoroughly settled. a1800Cowper Refl. on Hor., Where duty bids he confidently steers. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxvi, He had counted confidently on Harold's ready seizure of his offer. |