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Recent Examples of confidently
On the penalty kick, Olivia Moultrie confidently sent the ball to Lorena’s right as the Current goalkeeper dove the other direction.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
The verdict The JW Marriott Tokyo confidently blends understated style with a sense of Japanese refinement, and the result is a tranquil, enchanting space in the beating heart of one of the world’s most intoxicating cities.
—Stephen Kelly, TheWeek, 26 Mar. 2026
This is where budget-conscious shoppers can confidently skip the organic premium.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Sporty sleeveless tees, colorful denim, and striped rugby sweaters brought a youthful energy that confidently repositioned Versace’s signature glamour through a more relaxed lens.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
This means making these confirmations more rapidly and confidently is a major challenge that astronomers are eager to ease.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Translation tools, meeting summaries and captions have the ability to smooth over gaps in fluency and assist non-native speakers in writing emails, translating, and functioning more confidently in English-first settings.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Nanjiani steered the audience through the tie in the Live-Action Short category as calmly and confidently as a pilot navigating turbulence, and in the process probably bumped up his stock as a host for the precursor circuit.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
When her handler Beth Traynham instructed her to search, Chelly moved quickly and confidently toward a camouflage tarp in the center of the field.
—Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026
Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
The verdict The JW Marriott Tokyo confidently blends understated style with a sense of Japanese refinement, and the result is a tranquil, enchanting space in the beating heart of one of the world’s most intoxicating cities.
—Stephen Kelly, TheWeek, 26 Mar. 2026
This is where budget-conscious shoppers can confidently skip the organic premium.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Sporty sleeveless tees, colorful denim, and striped rugby sweaters brought a youthful energy that confidently repositioned Versace’s signature glamour through a more relaxed lens.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
This means making these confirmations more rapidly and confidently is a major challenge that astronomers are eager to ease.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Translation tools, meeting summaries and captions have the ability to smooth over gaps in fluency and assist non-native speakers in writing emails, translating, and functioning more confidently in English-first settings.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Nanjiani steered the audience through the tie in the Live-Action Short category as calmly and confidently as a pilot navigating turbulence, and in the process probably bumped up his stock as a host for the precursor circuit.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
When her handler Beth Traynham instructed her to search, Chelly moved quickly and confidently toward a camouflage tarp in the center of the field.
—Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidently
Adverb
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The cosmos has three possible geometries—positively curved like a sphere, flat like an infinite plane or negatively curved like a saddle—but geometry alone doesn’t determine shape.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Although state legislative races rarely get the national spotlight, Democrats across the country were positively euphoric at the irony of their Republican nemesis being represented by one of their own.—
BILL BARROW,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The stories of people who ate joyfully and in a very inspired way kind of spoke to me the most.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her writing process unfolded slowly but joyfully.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The children waited expectantly.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Gilberg considered the question, hands clasped beneath his chin, the traffic outside humming expectantly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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What follows is pure dance, a joyously propulsive, non-stop sequence of duets, trios, ensemble dances.—
Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Yet despite that apparent simplification, the trenches themselves were in line with Lee’s exuberantly experimental creative urges; playful, ingenious, complex, and witty.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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For his part, and most fittingly, Valentino creative director Michele will be planting the exuberantly luxe Valentino standard yet again in Paris, January 26-29, at Valentino’s beloved Haute Couture fashion week.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But for all its twists and turns, Boston and her cast, writers, and directors never let up on the promise of the show’s title and the skin-crawling sensations the pilot’s opening scenes (of Rachel and Nicky’s wedding and its insane, bloody aftermath) giddily pile on.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2026
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Gooding yells giddily, triumphantly jumping and fist-pumping the air.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Only when Will was blithely playing himself to death did his father’s anger emerge.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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The push for super intelligence sits rather blithely next to the beliefs of those tech masters of the universe trying to max out their looks and lifestyle for eternal life.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Confidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidently. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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