self-confidently
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a word derived from
self-confidence.
self-confidencenounrealistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
Example Sentences
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Just now, there doesn’t seem to be much left of Bankman-Fried’s personal ambitions other than the shards of his regulatory proposal, presented so self-confidently to the House Agriculture Committee on May 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
In “The Book of Strange New Things,” his ruddy, swell-scrubbed sentences roll self-confidently along, in the manner of John Irving or Ethan Canin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
Pausing only to sip cherry-flavored water, Brezhnev spoke self-confidently on a wide range of subjects, taking a tough but carefully qualified attitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only a movie star who is self-confidently not past her prime would take on the role of a movie star past her prime.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Coldly, calmly, self-confidently, Dr. Hunter attacked the Government in its weakest place, and drove the dagger home through the vulnerable side.
From Sketches in the House (1893) by T. P. O'Conner