showing or giving confirmation, ratification, or assertion
he describes a method of using a form of auto-suggestion - mainly affirmatory - inthe small hours when it could be employed on a drowsy mind
affirmatory in American English
(əˈfɜːrməˌtɔri, -ˌtouri)
adjective
affirmative
Word origin
[1645–55; affirmat(ion) + -ory1]This word is first recorded in the period 1645–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: capsule, complex, swab, vibration, vortex-ory an adjective-forming suffix, joined to bases of Latin origin in imitation of borrowedLatin words containing the suffix -tory (and its alternant -sory). Other words that use the affix -ory include: excretory, sensory, statutory
Examples of 'affirmatory' in a sentence
affirmatory
The fanfare-like exchanges between strident and demonstrative instruments were both querying and affirmatory.