affirmatory

[uh-fur-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

1. affirmative.

Word History and Origins

Origin of affirmatory¹

First recorded in 1645–55; affirmat(ion) + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

Eliot’s validation of Mead’s inchoate longings for a life beyond Dorset must have worked a kind of affirmatory magic.

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He just closed his eyes in affirmatory reply, and passed on to the next apartment, which, like the drawing-room, was furnished without any regard for luxury.

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And, receiving an affirmatory nod from the preoccupied gambler, he went on.

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The foreigner made a vivid, surprised, affirmatory gesture.

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It is certain, Christophine consulted her Parish Clergyman on the affair; and got from him, as Saupe shows us, an affirmatory or at least permissive response.

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