- a variation of confirmatory.
confirmative
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We just passed the silver anniversary of one of the most confirmative moments in sports for me: Nov. 19, 1996.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021
It is a collective thing and a confirmative of humanity.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2020
Telephone censorship was sufficiently relaxed so that one U. S. correspondent actually shouted to his Vienna office from Belgrade certain confirmative details respecting General Zivkovitch's role in the royal murders of 1903.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As may be surmised, Lucian was considerably startled by the discovery of this important evidence so confirmative of Diana's suspicions.
From The Silent House by Hume, Fergus
For Miriam, this interview was confirmative of much that she had suspected.
From The Emancipated by Gissing, George
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