Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assertive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assertive \As*sert"ive\, a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
In a confident and assertive form. --Glanvill.
{As*sert"ive*ly}, adv. -- {As*sert"ive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assertive
adj 1: inclined to bold and confident assertion; aggressively
self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was
always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a
listener is an assertive act" [ant: {unassertive}]
2: confidently aggressive; "too assertive as a salesman"; "his
self-assertive and unflagging energy" [syn: {self-asserting},
{self-assertive}]
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