confirmatory UK /kənˈfɜː.mə.tə.ɹi/US /kənˈfɝ.məˌtoɹ.i/ adjective1 •Serving to confirm something.I replied, as I usually did whenever I had a chance, that nobody had ever loved anybody else as I loved Dora. Traddles came to my assistance with a confirmatory murmur. — 1850 formsmore confirmatory · most confirmatory