assertively

1. 1.

   in an assertive manner

   “`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively”

   Antonymsunassertively

Questions about assertively

What does assertively mean?

assertively means "in an assertive manner".

How many syllables are in assertively?

assertively has 4 syllables: as-ser-tive-ly. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /əˈsɝtɪvli/.

What is the opposite of assertively?

The recorded antonyms are unassertively.

Is assertively a common word?

assertively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.