assured

[uh-shoo rd, uh-shurd]

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adjective

guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
bold; confident; authoritative: His art was both assured and facile.
boldly presumptuous.

Chiefly British. insured, as against loss.

noun

Insurance.
1. the beneficiary under a policy.
2. the person whose life or property is covered by a policy.

Origin of assured

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at assure, -ed²

Related formsas·sur·ed·ly

[uh-shoo r-id-lee, uh-shur-] /əˈʃʊər ɪd li, əˈʃɜr-/, adverbas·sur·ed·ness, nouno·ver·as·sured, adjectiveo·ver·as·sur·ed·ly, adverbo·ver·as·sur·ed·ness, nounun·as·sured, adjectiveun·as·sur·ed·ly, adverbun·as·sur·ed·ness, nounwell-as·sured, adjective

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Related Words for assuredness

positiveness, confidence, certainty, certitude, surety, assurance, conclusiveness

Examples from the Web for assuredness

Contemporary Examples of assuredness

Neither would Belinda Bentley, the L.A.-based psychic told The Daily Beast; not with that level of assuredness, anyway.
What Psychic Sylvia Brown Didn’t See
Winston Ross
May 10, 2013
For more apprehensive public speakers, he offers what he calls “assuredness along with technique.”
Today's King's Speech Guru
Sandra McElwaine
February 26, 2011

Historical Examples of assuredness

His courage and his skill in weapons gave him assuredness and ease at the time of an encounter.
The Story of the Outlaw
Emerson Hough
All this was said in a voice of sweet modulation and assuredness, a smile lighting up her face as she spoke.
Dreamy Hollow
Sumner Charles Britton
His assuredness in ordering me to leave made prompt and decisive action necessary on my part.
The House of a Thousand Candles
Meredith Nicholson
Coming into His presence we recognise the assuredness of perfect knowledge, the simplicity of perfect truth.
The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I
Marcus Dods

British Dictionary definitions for assuredness

assured

adjective

made certain; sure; guaranteed
self-assured
mainly British insured, esp by a life assurance policy

noun

mainly British
1. the beneficiary under a life assurance policy
2. the person whose life is insured

Derived Formsassuredly (əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ), adverbassuredness, noun

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Word Origin and History for assuredness

assured

adj.

of persons, "confident, self-assured," late 14c., past participle adjective from assure. Related: Assuredly; assuredness.