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Antonyms for emphatically


Grammar : Adv
Spell : em-fat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈfæt ɪk



Definition of emphatically

Origin :
  • 1708, from Greek emphatikos, variant of emphantikos, from emphainein (see emphasis). Emphatical is earlier (1550s). Related: Emphatically.
  • adv definitely
Example sentences :
  • When the details were explained to him Mike declared, emphatically, that some one had got at the mare.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "Of course I will," said Duncan emphatically over his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Indeed, of no other pursuit can it so emphatically be said, as of this, that “Business makes men.”
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • My dear madam, I object to him—to him—emphatically to Ned himself.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • But love, symbolized by a rose-bud, is emphatically a botanical emotion.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Jacob uttered the word so emphatically that it rang through the house.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Jimmy most emphatically cannot think of marrying for many years to come.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • The Handicap was emphatically the "big betting race" of the season.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • So emphatically does nature protest against the destruction of the family.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • “You do account for it, Miss Marbolt,” he said emphatically.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for emphatically

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