self-assured
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- self-assuredly adverb
- self-assuredness noun
Etymology
Origin of self-assured
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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The clip is worth watching, and not just to marvel yet again at Vance’s ability to make idiotic statements in the self-assured tone of the smartest boy in the room.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
“Katie’s a very tenacious, self-assured individual,” recalled Jordan Ball, who was a senator for the opposition party.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
Egypt is self-assured and funny, cocky in a clear-eyed way.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Sophie, on the cusp of 40, is the beautiful and self-assured wife of Arpad, a successful and charismatic Geneva banker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self-assured pose, as if nothing had ever come between them, or ever could, but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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