He answered (the question) 'in the affirmative'. [=he said “yes”]
She gave an 'affirmative' answer, not a negative answer.
She answered (the question) 'affirmatively'.
(..) got his shit together... ...but we're still getting some decent kills here. We heard some scuttlebutt, sir, about the NVA eXecuting a lot of gook civilians. That's affirmative. I saw some bodies about a half a klick this side of Phu Cam Canal. Will you show me where, sir?. Here's the canal. (..)1987 Full Metal Jacket
(..) None of you dumb-asses knows?. Private Cowboy. Sir, he was that guy who shot all those people from that tower in Austin, TeXas, sir. That's affirmative. Charles Whitman killed people... ...from a -story observation tower at the University of TeXas. From distances of up to yards. Anybody know (..)1987 Full Metal Jacket