1 an emphatic statement, answer, etc. is given in a strong and forceful way to show that it is important:
an emphatic denial / rejection
2 (of a person) making it very clear what you mean by using forceful language:
He was emphatic that he could not work with her. * She was equally emphatic about the importance of discipline.
3 an emphatic victory, win, or defeat is one in which one team or player wins by a large amount
emphatically adverb:
'Certainly not,' he replied emphatically. * She is emphatically opposed to the proposals. * He has always emphatically denied the allegations. * The proposal was emphatically defeated. * She was emphatically not sorry for anything she'd done.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for emphatic is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is emphatic a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, emphatic is tagged as adjective.
Does emphatic appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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