emphatic
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Learner's definition of EMPHATIC
[more emphatic; most emphatic]
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said or done in a forceful or definite way
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Her answer was an emphatic [=resounding] “Yes!”
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a man with emphatic [=strong, definite] opinions
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an emphatic victory
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speaking or acting in a forceful way
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They were emphatic about their political differences.
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He declared emphatically [=forcefully] that he did not believe them.
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This is emphatically [=definitely] not the right thing to do.
