Meaning

3 senses
  1. In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.

    The leaders feel emphatically that each side must prove good faith before they'll will resume their talks.

  2. (modal)Most definitely; truly.

  3. (obsolete)Not really, but apparently.

More definitions
  • without question and beyond doubt

Examples

8 sentences
  1. They clamored emphatically against the nuclear tests.

    deSie protestierten lautstark und entschieden gegen die Atomtests. — landano

  2. Tom stated emphatically that he didn't do that.

  3. The speaker pounded on the dais as they emphatically made their point.

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  4. Algeria needs to emphatically assert its status as a big and modern nation.

  5. Sami was emphatically apologizing.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

more emphatically, most emphatically
Comparativemore emphatically Lesson
Superlativemost emphatically

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedemphatic

See also

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