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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: one_less who wrote (44533)11/10/2017 3:47:23 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 357747
 
It merely means you have confidence in something you can't fully explain (particularly when it is to the satisfaction of others) with available information.

Often I use it that way, too.

Sometimes I'm more certain than that. I use the term to avoid absolutes/overstatement rather than due to a lack of full explanation. I'm allergic to absolutes. It's a softening technique to avoid an absolute. So I might say that I believe that the sun will come up tomorrow rather than that it will. <g> I'm pretty certain, virtually positive even, but there is always the possibility, when speaking of future events, that it won't.

I think it's unfortunate that there is such a wide range of usage that it includes both faith and virtual certainty.
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