ad. In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a confident manner; with firm trust; with strong assurance; without doubt or wavering of opinion; positively; dogmatically.
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ad. with confidence; in a confident manner
Word Usage
"It would be very easy to write a very stupid religion-and-Torchwood story; but Minchin confidently takes Gwen and Rhys through matters ecclesiastical, in what for me is the slightly foreign church environment of South Wales."