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emphatical
(gcide) | emphatic \em*phat"ic\, emphatical \em*phat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis.]
1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a
peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of
stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to
remonstrate in an emphatic manner; emphatic denials; an
emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.
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2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention;
impressive; forcible. "Emphatical colors." --Boyle.
"Emphatical evils." --Bp. Reynolds.
3. Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of
statements, actions, or sections of documents; as, the
document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of
religious liberty.
Syn: forceful.
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4. Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no.
Syn: exclamatory.
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Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking;
positive; important; special; significant.
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emphatically
(encz) | emphatically,důrazně Martin M. |
emphatically
(gcide) | emphatically \em*phat"ic*al*ly\, adv.
1. With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree;
pre["e]minently; as, he emphatically denied the
allegations.
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He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.
--Macaulay.
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2. Not really, but apparently. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Emphaticalness
(gcide) | Emphaticalness \Em*phat"ic*al*ness\, n.
The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
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Nonemphatical
(gcide) | Nonemphatic \Non`em*phat"ic\, Nonemphatical \Non`em*phat"ic*al\,
a.
Having no emphasis; unemphatic.
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emphatically
(wn) | emphatically
adv 1: without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too
expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds
they should win" [syn: decidedly, unquestionably,
emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds] |
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