Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
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- noun The state or quality of being
assured .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
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Examples
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Likewise, his self-assuredness is delivered with wide grins and satisfied yuks.
USATODAY.com - 'The Exception' rules the speedskating oval 2005
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Rabbi Ron Kronish, Executive Director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), has been living in Israel for 31 years and carries himself with the assuredness of someone who has experienced a great deal and will find a way, somehow, to overcome new obstacles.
Joshua Stanton: Can Interfaith Dialogue Make a Difference in the Face of Middle East Setbacks? Joshua Stanton 2010
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They kept their promise to play fan favourites, and performed them with an assuredness gained from years of live experience, the forceful bass and undulating synth driving tracks such as Babies and Disco 2000 to dizzying heights.
Pulp's comeback in Barcelona proves they have rediscovered their touch with the common people 2011
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Giving them greater scope to operate will also bolster their assuredness of outlasting the coalition force.
Erin Fitzgerald: The Talibanization of Central Afghanistan Erin Fitzgerald 2011
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Engaging with literary blogs, I'm often struck by the assuredness with which certain reviewers and critics argue their readings.
Archive 2009-02-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009
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It was a film that left us in awe -- the acting, the actor's faces, the story and the absolute assuredness of big screen filmmaking.
Kim Morgan: Brick & Deeper: 2011 Sundance Shorts Awards Kim Morgan 2011
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But he moves around Chicoloapan with the assuredness of a local.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Both the Facebook founder and the founder of "THE OATMEAL" seem to understand their missions on the Web with uncommon clarity and assuredness.
The 'Riffs Interview: 12 Secrets of the insanely viral 'OATMEAL' creator Matthew Inman 2011
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Nader promised with smug assuredness that the chances of such a challenge are near "100 percent."
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: GOP Would Love Nader's Fantasy of a Party Challenge to Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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Obviously, however, it's his style as a legislator -- cheered by progressives for its unapologetic self-assuredness -- that gets the Republican blood boiling.
Beck To Palin: Alan Grayson Is Hot, 'Yum Yum, Give Me Some' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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