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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assertively

Assertive \As*sert"ive\, a. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

In a confident and assertive form.
--Glanvill. [1913 Webster] As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
assertively

mid-15c., assertiveli; see assertive + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
assertively

adv. In an assertive manner.

WordNet
assertively

adv. in an assertive manner; "`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively" [ant: unassertively]

Usage examples of "assertively".

As the Serenity Prayer tells us, control may mean coping with a situation by yielding, patiently accepting, or accomodating the situation as well as coping by assertively doing something to change things.