confidently

From confident + -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnfɪdəntli/

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• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧dent‧ly

confidently (comparative more confidently, superlative most confidently)

1. In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

   Alice confidently stepped up on the platform to give her maiden speech as CEO.

• self-confidently

• confidantly

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “confidently”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “confidently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.