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Webster 1913 Edition


emphatically

em-phat′ic-al-ly

,
adv.
1.
With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preëminently;
as, he
emphatically
denied the allegations
.
He was indeed
emphatically
a popular writer.
Macaulay.
2.
Not really, but apparently.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emphatically

EMPHAT'ICALLY

,
adv.
With emphasis; strongly; forcibly; in a striking manner.
1.
According to appearance. [Not used.]

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emphatically

emphatically

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emphatically (comparative more emphatically, superlative most emphatically)

  1. In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
    • Macaulay
      He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.
    • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
      Dos Santos, who has often been on the fringes at Spurs since moving from Barcelona, whipped in a fantastic cross that Pavlyuchenko emphatically headed home for his first goal of the season.
  2. (obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

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