self-confidence
noun
realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
self-confidently
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a word derived from
self-confidence.
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
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
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
She carried herself with the spring and grace of one who walks through life self-confidently, fortified always with the knowledge that she was a favourite with women as well as with men.
From A People's Man by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
