Meaning

2 senses
  1. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.

  2. Serving to emphasize the certainty or truth of a statement.

Origin

From asseverate + -ive.

From asseverate + -ive.

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Forms

more asseverative, most asseverative
Comparativemore asseverative Lesson
Superlativemost asseverative Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
asseverative — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto