assertive
IPA: ʌsˈɝtɪv
adjective
- Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
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Examples of "assertive" in Sentences
- Both brought strong wills and assertive opinions to the enterprise.
- Being assertive is saying, politely but firmly “I don’t like that.”
- Drum is assertive and productive, the spirit of creative confidence.
- Then aged 22, Gould was confident and assertive in the recording studio.
- He's also assertive, which is useful, and generous, which is also useful.
- The result is an assertive yet exceptionally smooth version of strong beer.
- Patterson seems like a decent fellow, but lacking in assertive leadership skills.
- Billups was assertive from the start, instead of deferring to teammates as he usually does early in games.
- There are three things that Democrats absolutely don't understand about the notion of assertive leadership.
- In its annual defense white paper, released Tuesday, the Japanese government for the first time used the word "assertive" in describing China's behavior toward its neighbors.
- Although I'm sure she thinks that is just some sexist pig not thinking women can be powerful and assertive, which is bullshit....women can be both of those things, but she is still plain bitchy.
- The future figures for July will prove if it's a question of "personal appeal" orchestrated by an "assertive" -- let's be euphmistic -- ad campaign ... or voters who are looking critically at the platform of the candidate and how he's changed it.
- Predictions and counterfactual assertions are advanced conditioned by the assumption that no other exogenous causal factors intervene; that is, the assertive content of the hypothesis is that the economic processes under analysis will unfold in the described manner absent intervening causal factors.
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