Synonyms:
affirmative
Meaning: a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
Usage examples
The reply was, an emphatic affirmative.
They answered in the affirmative, but the captain could not believe them.
We've agreed on to-night, and Rosy's stuck to the affirmative this time for two whole days.
And the third, simulation, in the affirmative; when a man industriously and expressly feigns and pretends to be, that he is not.
"Is all well?" came a voice, which Crispin recognized as Colonel Pride's, followed by an affirmative reply from one of the soldiers.
As the Reputation of his being a Man of the strictest Honour and Veracity was so strongly imprinted on their Minds, the Motion of his Admittance was carried in the Affirmative, without the least Opposition.
On replying in the affirmative, he was informed that his immediate attendance was required in a case of urgency, and all his questions as to the nature of the patient's malady were disposed of in a very unceremonious manner.
Instantly the weight upon the rope was removed and a moment later Tarzan of the Apes raised his body above the side and threw a leg over the edge. He glanced forward at Usanga and then, placing his mouth close to the girl's ear he cried: "Have you ever piloted a plane?" The girl nodded a quick affirmative.