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View synonyms for affirmatory
affirmatory
[ uh-fur-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of affirmatory1
First recorded in 1645–55; affirmat(ion) + -ory 1
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Example Sentences
Eliot’s validation of Mead’s inchoate longings for a life beyond Dorset must have worked a kind of affirmatory magic.
From The Guardian
He just closed his eyes in affirmatory reply, and passed on to the next apartment, which, like the drawing-room, was furnished without any regard for luxury.
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And, receiving an affirmatory nod from the preoccupied gambler, he went on.
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The foreigner made a vivid, surprised, affirmatory gesture.
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It is certain, Christophine consulted her Parish Clergyman on the affair; and got from him, as Saupe shows us, an affirmatory or at least permissive response.
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