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
Beatty	['beti]
Arcelia	-	Spanish
Miracle	MIR-ə-kəl	English (Modern)
Farida	-	Arabic
Boyd	BOID (English)	Scottish, English
An (1)	-	Chinese, Vietnamese