emphatic

[ em-fat-ik ]

/ ɛmˈfæt ɪk /

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adjective

uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.

using emphasis in speech or action.

forceful; insistent: a big, emphatic man; I must be emphatic about this particular.

very impressive or significant; strongly marked; striking: the emphatic beauty of sunset.

clearly or boldly outlined: It stands, like a great, stone dagger, emphatic against the sky.

Grammar. of or relating to a form used to add emphasis, especially, in English, stressed auxiliary do in affirmative statements, as in He did call you or I do like it.

Phonetics. having a secondary velar articulation, as certain dental consonants in Arabic.

noun

an emphatic consonant.

Origin of emphatic

1700–10; < Greek emphatikós indicative, forceful, equivalent to *emphat(ós) ( em- em-² + phatós, variant of phantós visible, equivalent to phan-, stem of phaínesthai to appear + -tos adj. suffix) + -ikos -ic

SYNONYMS FOR emphatic

3 positive, energetic, forcible, pronounced, decided, unequivocal, definite.

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ANTONYMS FOR emphatic

3 weak.

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OTHER WORDS FROM emphatic

em·phat·i·cal·ly, adverb em·phat·i·cal·ness, noun un·em·phat·ic, adjective un·em·phat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby emphatic

emperor moth, emperor penguin, empery, emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphatically, emphysema, empire, empire builder, empire building

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He implored me to do so with the zeal of someone who had just found God, emphatically praising the article.

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“It is a pride and an honor to work in this garden,” he said emphatically.

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As such, they emphatically demonstrate the accuracy of the “no risk to public” trope.

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“This show has nothing to do with Hillary,” he said emphatically.

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Let me emphatically state that what the Lands are alleged to have done is not the norm.

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But since the crew was emphatically ordered to leave, a respirator might not provide much safety.

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They said so emphatically that it was only to be for this once.

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His short stub nose had prodded into countless hostile places where it most emphatically was not wanted.

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If it takes two most emphatically to make a quarrel, it needs two to make a friendship.

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In her present vindictive mood, he would be emphatically a dangerous companion and counsellor.

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British Dictionary definitions for emphatically (1 of 2)

emphatically

/ (ɪmˈfætɪkəlɪ, -klɪ) /

adverb

with emphasis or force

definitely or unquestionably

British Dictionary definitions for emphatically (2 of 2)

emphatic

/ (ɪmˈfætɪk) /

adjective

expressed, spoken, or done with emphasis

forceful and positive; definite; direct an emphatic personality

sharp or clear in form, contour, or outline

important or significant; stressed the emphatic points in an argument

phonetics denoting certain dental consonants of Arabic that are pronounced with accompanying pharyngeal constriction

noun

phonetics an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic

Word Origin for emphatic

C18: from Greek emphatikos expressive, forceful, from emphainein to exhibit, display, from phainein to show

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