confirm
verb (used with object)
to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify.
confirmingly
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a word derived from
confirm.
Example Sentences
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For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors, “the outlook seems confirmingly positive, albeit with uncertainty for timetable and crucial tumblers’ falling into place,” said Gabriel, of Capital Alpha Partners.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2019
She thought his astonishment was disbelief, and nodded confirmingly.
From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson
The detective, triumphant, could not resist grinning confirmingly.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Leroy Scott
“We all saw him staggering—he must have gone down,” says another of the videttes, confirmingly.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
"Verily a little discipline is necessary in Heidelberg," said Probus confirmingly, "and now punishment follows after its neglect."
From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath
