Certain
Sanguine
Sanguine adjective - Having or showing a mind free from doubt.
Usage example: I'm reasonably sanguine about the adoption of the latest proposal
Certain and sanguine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certain" instead an adjective "Sanguine".
Nearby Words: sanguinary, sanguineous
Both words in one sentence
- And then Yamamoto got dropped, and they became a rather less sanguine Power Trio, sometimes even referred to in certain contexts as the "angst trio".
Source: Roleplay / Carriero -
More than one critic has pointed out that, viewed in a certain light, Smee is deeply frightening in that he's an innocent simpleton who is completely sanguine about murdering children.
Source: Literature / Peter Pan - The bass players occupy less certain territory, but it could be argued that Cliff Burton was a melancholic, Jason Newsted a phlegmatic and Robert Trujillo somewhere between a phlegmatic and a sanguine.
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