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
Klopas	-	Biblical Greek
Ladd	['læd]
India	IN-dee-ə	English
Seble	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Madeleine	ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)	French, English, Swedish
Saveria	-	Italian