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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-confident

Selfˊ-con′fi-dent

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Adj.
Confident of one’s own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.
Selfˊ-con′fi-dent-ly
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adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Self-confident

SELF-CON'FIDENT

,
Adj.
Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on the correctness of one's own judgement, or the competence of one's own powers, without other aid.

Definition 2024


self-confident

self-confident

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Adjective

self-confident (comparative more self-confident, superlative most self-confident)

  1. Confident in one's abilities.
    • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
      This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. [] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.

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