The phrase "affirmatively state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to emphasize that someone is making a clear and definite statement or assertion.
Example: "In the meeting, she was asked to affirmatively state her position on the matter."
Alternatives: "clearly state" or "explicitly declare".
And while Trump claims that he resolved the issue in 2011, he did not affirmatively state that Obama was born in the U.S. until 2016.
Jayarāśi, as we noted, is cautious not to affirmatively state anything, and nowhere does he use such expressions as 'thus it was established that' (iti sthitam) or similar expressions typical of all other philosophical works.
There's a clear partisan tint to the responses in the HuffPost/YouGov poll, with Hillary Clinton voters far more likely than Trump voters to affirmatively state that Obama's 2009 inauguration was better attended.
It's especially egregious because it affirmatively states that a breech of confidence can be avoided by doing it anonymously.
Neither Roth nor CSFB reported on soliciting other potential offers, and CSFB affirmatively stated that it had not sought alternative bids.
He never affirmatively stated that the American ambassador died because of an "act of terror". Then, over a period of two weeks, given three opportunities in interviews to affirmatively agree that the Benghazi attack was a terrorist attack, the president obfuscated or ducked the question.
Working off the news that terror suspect Jose Pimentel operated a blog, Mr. Lieberman addressed Larry Page, the chief executive of Google: "Through your updated YouTube standards, Google has affirmatively stated that terrorist content will not be permitted on some of your sites.
An energy action described in paragraph (1) may take effect prior to the expiration of the 15-calendar-day period after the date on which such action is transmitted, if each House of Congress approves a resolution affirmatively stating in substance that such House does not object to such action.
"The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the 'political, education, social and economic equality' of all people.
"I think it's a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he's affirmatively stated that there's no truth to it," she said.
"We can not enter into a contract for services with anyone who has publicly affirmatively stated that we will not follow the law in delivering those services," Kendall Marlowe, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services told the Tribune.
