If you reply to a question in the affirmative, you say `yes' or make a gesture that means `yes'. He asked me if I was ready. I answered in the affirmative
An affirmative word or gesture indicates that you agree with what someone has said or that the answer to a question is `yes'. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer negative + affirmatively af·firma·tive·ly `Is that clear?' Bob nodded his head affirmatively
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote
(Osmanlı Dönemi) Allah'ın (C.C.) emrine uygun, tahribkâr ve tecavüzkâr olmayan, yapıcı ve tâmir edici tarzda olan, mizan, adâlet ve insafa uyan hareket.(Bir şeyin vücudu, bütün eczasının vücuduna vâbestedir. Ademi ise, bir cüz'ünün ademi ile olduğundan; zayıf adam iktidarını göstermek için tahrib tarafdarı oluyor, müsbet yerine menfice hareket ediyor. M.)
(Osmanlı Dönemi) (Pozitif ilimler) Tecrübe ve müşâhedeye dayanan ve nazari olmayan maddi ilimler. Herkesin kabul ettiği ve isbat vasıtaları ile doğruluğu isbat edilen ilimler