convinced
/kənˈvɪnst/ adjective B2- In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily. · He was convinced he was a great singer, though others were not so sure.
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His quiet self-confident manner convinced me that he had already formed a theory which explained all the facts, though what it was I could not for an instant conjecture.
“Continue to seek for this man, sir,” said the king to the minister of police; “for if, as I am all but convinced, General Quesnel, who would have been so useful to us at this moment, has been murdered, his assassins, Bonapartists or not, shall be cruelly punished.” It required all Villefort’s coolness not to betray the terror with which this declaration of the king inspired him.
With the deputy’s knowledge of crime and criminals, every word the young man uttered convinced him more and more of his innocence.
The obscurity augmented the acuteness of his hearing; at the slightest sound he rose and hastened to the door, convinced they were about to liberate him, but the sound died away, and Dantès sank again into his seat.
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