emphatic
adjective
em·phat·ic
im-ˈfa-tik 
em-
1
: uttered with or marked by emphasis
an emphatic refusal
2
: tending to express oneself in forceful speech or to take decisive action
3
: attracting special attention
4
: constituting or belonging to a set of tense forms in English consisting of the auxiliary do followed by an infinitive without to that are used to facilitate rhetorical inversion or to emphasize something
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Examples of emphatic in a Sentence
They were emphatic about their political differences.
the governor issued an emphatic denial of all charges
Recent Examples on the Web
Partners and divestitures have been talked about before, but the language used today was a bit more emphatic than in the past.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
Three quarters were all the Knicks needed to send an emphatic message after an embarrassing performance at Madison Square Garden generated just 73 points in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Zelensky indicated that the Kursk operation is also intended to lift the country’s spirits after 900 days of war and to rally people by making an emphatic statement about Ukraine’s military capabilities.
—Illia Novikov and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
In fact, the factory is emphatic that only one Spectre Semaphore will be built for the entire global market.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
Three quarters were all the Knicks needed to send an emphatic message after an embarrassing performance at Madison Square Garden generated just 73 points in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Zelensky indicated that the Kursk operation is also intended to lift the country’s spirits after 900 days of war and to rally people by making an emphatic statement about Ukraine’s military capabilities.
—Illia Novikov and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
In fact, the factory is emphatic that only one Spectre Semaphore will be built for the entire global market.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
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emphatic
adjective
em·phat·ic
im-ˈfat-ik
em-
1
: uttered with or marked by emphasis
2
: tending to express oneself in forceful speech or action
3
: attracting special attention
an emphatic design
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