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Word entry · 9 letters

assertive

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9 lettersPronunciation /əˈsɝtɪv/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeeirsstvStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Confident and direct in expressing views or needs.

Word origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.

Used in a sentence

  • “Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.”
  • “an assertive taste or odor”

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