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to assertive
adjective
Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive
synonyms
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Janet Metz travels to assertive, affirming places as a dear friend.
In the scene that followed, the filigree work in the cellos had a slender grace that turned in an instant to assertive pizzicato plucks.
Over her encounters with a number of types, from shy students to assertive women her own age, Abby experiments with her own identity and desires, aiming to reach a new settlement with herself.
Mr. Dank is a strong player with the technique and imagination demanded by his wide-ranging program, which ran from a stylishly transparent account of Bach's French Suite No. 2 in C minor (BWV 813) to assertive, sharp-edged and overtly virtuosic performances of Scriabin and Bartok sonatas.
This becomes more pervasive when the interaction changes to assertive, with Kolibree's smart toothbrush telling parents that kids didn't brush behind their molars or Sensoria socks asking us to change our running style to shift balance on our heels.
But the fact that this call to action is being termed bossy, as opposed to assertive, emphatic or enthusiastic, loads irony upon irony.
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I like girls to know that it is all right, just like boys, to compete, to be assertive, to win.
"People get excited when they call, and you have to be assertive to get the information right".
Be direct: Sometimes you need to be assertive to get your point across with someone.
"That's why the attorney general's office has to be assertive, go to Montería to dismantle some of this".
I learnt to be more assertive to talk to doctors and got medications put back on.
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