in the affirmative

in the form of an answer that means yes. The soldier answered in the affirmative by nodding his head "yes." My manager's response was in the affirmative.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Firuz	-	Persian, Tajik
Bile	-	Irish Mythology
Bohumila	-	Czech
Livio	LEE-vyo	Italian
Evelyn	EV-ə-lin (English), EV-lin (English)	English, German
Iveta	-	Czech, Slovak