self-assertion
noun
insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
self-assertively
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a word derived from
self-assertion.
Example Sentences
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The Bradys had arrived from the corner trolley, and were hovering about the door self-assertively.
From The Girl from Montana by Grace Livingston Hill
My theory," he went on self-assertively, "is that the attack has been made always along water routes.
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
I thought of the "darkness 'broidered with luminous eyes," and I walked forward rapidly, self-assertively.
From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer
