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His manner was entirely self-confident, and betrayed neither awe nor embarrassment.

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  1. adjective Marked by assurance, as of success.
  2. adjective Marked by confidence in oneself; self-assured. See Synonyms at sure.
  3. adjective Very bold; presumptuous.
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  • His grasp was firm and confident, his expression grateful, his tone gentle. —  TroubleMagnet
  • On the basketball court, being self-confident was a given when it came to the playing style of former Stanford star Jennifer Azzi. —  KTVU.com - Local News
  • Arreola came into this thing out of shape and over-confident, and for a round and a half he had Walker looking like the reincarnation of Evander Holyfield.
  • Gervais has the kind of confident, anecdotal pub‑chatterbox style that means he can turn any minor incident into a major vignette, whether it is going to a Ken Dodd gig, receiving a goat-for-Africa for Christmas or being besieged by troglodyte autograph hunters outside Capital Radio ( "none of them were symmetrical"). —  Evening Standard - Home
  • Nor was he likely to attract many friends; his manner was strangely self-confident, and his language dictatorial and dogmatic. —  Julian Home
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  1. Latin cōnfīdēns, cōnfīdent-, present participle of cōnfīdere, to rely on; see confide.

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  1. = French confidant, now confident, intimate, confidential (usually as a noun), in older form confiant, confiding, confident, self-confident, = Spanish Portuguese confidente, confiante = Italian confidente, from Latin confiden(-t)s, confident, i. e., self-confident, in good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent, properly present participle of confidere, trust fully, confide: see confide, and cf. confidant.
 

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