CONFIDENTLY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

confidently

adverb

Definition of confidently

as in positively

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Recent Examples of confidently Below, Forbes Coaches Council members share advice to help C-suite job seekers address résumé gaps confidently and effectively. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The mental health provider was receiving more calls than its staff could confidently answer, creating challenges for patients attempting to reach the organization. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Kio takes in his new surroundings confidently, strutting through the grasses near his den while working on his roar, that is, until a bellowing elephant sends him racing closer to Mom. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 The film also shows Reagan confidently teasing his negotiating team about being Democrats, which was probably done so that the movie could make the summit seem like a bipartisan effort. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026 Lively farm animals populate the backgrounds against which Guille and Belinda confidently perform their silly and earnest singing and dancing. — Manahil Tahira, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026 There are so many Easter eggs about people who share facts that aren’t facts, but do so confidently. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 While some vintage pieces end up looking dated, many more have become timeless designs that can be confidently layered into modern interiors. — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 9 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidently

Adverb

Kopple’s Hamptons—even with its endless velvet ropes and parties and Jacuzzis—is positively quaint in comparison.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Yet, last year an NBC poll found that only18% of Americans viewed socialism positively.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of positively

Adverb

Elsewhere, attendees will no doubt flock to the Sicilian Oranges dome clock, joyfully rendered in a rich palette of transparent, opalescent and opaque enamels in 49 colours, coupled with miniature enamel painting in more than five pastel hues.

— Ming Liu, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
Williams and Zolotin joyfully lock hands, sing, and goof off in the behind-the-scenes clip.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026

Definition of joyfully

Adverb

Miami-Dade’s Saturday rain showers could not damper the spirit and energy of dozens of Haitians, Haitian Americans and soccer fans crowded together waving flags, beaming expectantly at North Miami’s Moca Plaza to meet players on the Haitian National Football Team.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
Now the cows are waiting expectantly outside the milking parlor, where Archie is clattering about to set up the milking machine.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of expectantly

Adverb

But those scenes of coming together joyously around this team, this diverse team, this remarkable team from all points, [Folarin] Balogun himself a birthright citizen leading this.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
At the same time, the episode still leaves space for slower beats, including some joyously non-essential downtime moments.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of joyously

Adverb

There was the viral pleasure and even pride in seeing foreigners encounter Buc-ee’s with reverential appreciation or giddily experience industrial quantities of Mountain Dew Baja Blast at Taco Bell.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Early in the second inning Wednesday afternoon, Nasim Nuñez smiled, hopping giddily.

— Noah White, Washington Post, 1 July 2026

Definition of giddily

Adverb

In Ketticè’s time frame, all the kids are still blithely using Facebook to message each other, update their status and bully one another, the platform having not yet become the domain of the old, cranky and terminally uncool.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
To represent so many things to so many people might seem shallow, if not blithely opportunistic.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of blithely

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