I suppose what I was getting at is that the way you were attributing the adjective 'confident' to the situation, not to the person. For example, you say: "You will win ... That's as confident as it's possible to be, objectively." and are thus making 'confident' something which is determined by the circumstances, a quality which belongs to the circumstances, not to the person. That's not the usual use of the word. 'Confident' is usually used to apply to a person. I don't think confidence can be comfortably applied 'objectively' - it's not about the facts, but about how a person feels about themselves (sometimes with particular reference to a certain situation, sometimes as a whole). Even when someone says 'I feel confident I will win because I have a royal flush' what they are describing with the word is not the situation, but how they feel at that moment - they feel confident of victory. That's *because* of their good hand, but it doesn't follow that it's a confident hand, or a confident situation.