Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in an assertive manner;
- Example: "`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Assertive \As*sert"ive\, a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
[1913 Webster]
In a confident and assertive form. --Glanvill.
[1913 Webster] As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
assertively
adv 1: in an assertive manner; "`I will take care of my own
life,' she said assertively" [ant: unassertively]