The phrase "a confident answer" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an answer that is given with certainty and assurance.
Example: "After reviewing the evidence, she provided a confident answer that convinced the jury."
Alternatives: "a assured response" or "a certain reply".
"Who Was Schubert?" is the title of one scholarly discussion, and no one is likely to give a confident answer.
Like the future of newspapers, the future of universities in a digital world is a mystery to which nobody can give a confident answer.
"We are in uncharted waters and it is a brave person who gives a confident answer about what might happen," he said "Suppose that Cameron had not got the numbers [to pass the Queen's Speech] but he had been in intense discussions with the DUP about a Coalition deal and he has not given them everything they wanted, so on the crucial vote they abstain.
We point out that a manual disambiguation may be biased towards easy cases that could receive a confident answer, however, it does provide further evidence of the suitability of our algorithm.
Finally, the development of quantitative approaches is necessary for giving a confident answer to the question of whether basal forebrain galanin upregulation occurs in different neurodegenerative conditions including AD. Wales Research Ethics Committee approved protocol (Ref. No. 08/MRE09/31+5).
Ryan, meanwhile, had given a specific and confident answer — but a wrong one.
With a more cynical, better informed and hard-pressed public, this question, which goes to the core of our identity and mission as a charity, demands a clear and confident answer.
It was perhaps the most confident answer she supplied in a sometimes tense and generally probing interview with Mr. Gibson.
This confident answer to the question is not however supported by argument or even survey, and seems to assume unanimity amongst the "we" of a pluralistic, democratic community that is unlikely to obtain.
I remember how powerful his confident answer was.
