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n. a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture"

affirmative

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

affirmative

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

affirmatory

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture"

positive

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

favoring, favouring

adj. supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument"

approving, approbative, abbrogatory

adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"

agreeing, concordant, concurring, in agreement, of the same mind

adj. being of the same opinion

confirming

adj. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

hopeful

adj. having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

approving, approbative, abbrogatory

adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"

partial, indulgent, partial to, favorable to

adj. being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"

pleasing

adj. able to please or win approval

confirming

adj. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

enthusiastic

adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"

explicit

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

plus

adj. on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C plus"

favorable, favourable

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

positive

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

bullish

adj. expecting a rise in prices

upbeat, cheerful, pollyannaish

adj. pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

rosy, rose-colored, rose-coloured

adj. reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses"

starry-eyed

adj. unrealistically or naively optimistic; "a starry-eyed reformer"; "starry-eyed idealism"

negative

n. a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

negative

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

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