emphatically

emphatically
[[t]ɪmfæ̱tɪkli[/t]]
1) ADV-GRADED: ADV with v If you say something emphatically, you say it in a forceful way which shows that you feel very strongly about what you are saying.

`No fast food', she said emphatically...

Mr Davies has emphatically denied the charges.

2) ADV-GRADED: ADV with cl/group (emphasis) You use emphatically to emphasize the statement you are making.

Making people feel foolish is emphatically not my strategy...

Politics is most emphatically back on the agenda.


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  • emphatically — UK [ɪmˈfætɪklɪ] / US [emˈfætɪklɪ] adverb 1) very firmly and clearly Adams emphatically denied that the conversation ever took place. 2) in a very clear way that no one can argue about Scientists proved emphatically that there was a link between… …   English dictionary

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