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1. (adj.) emphatic
uttered with emphasis; strongly expressive.
2. emphatic
using emphasis in speech or action.
3. emphatic
forceful; insistent.
4. emphatic
clearly or boldly outlined.
5. emphatic
of or pertaining to a word or form used to add emphasis, as the stressed auxiliary do in affirmative statements, as in I do
like it.
Etymology: (1700–10; < Gk emphatikós indicative, forceful, der. of emphaínein; see emphasis , -tic)
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1. (adj) emphatic, emphasized, emphasised
spoken with emphasis
"an emphatic word"
2. (adj) emphatic, exclamatory
sudden and strong
"an emphatic no"
3. (adj) emphatic, forceful
forceful and definite in expression or action
"the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) emphatic
alt. of Emphatical
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Sense: (negativeunemphatic) expressed with emphasis; firm and definite
an emphatic denial; He was most emphatic about the importance of arriving on time.
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 Afrikaans: nadruklik |
 Arabic: تَوْكيدي |
 Bulgarian: подчертан |
 Brazilian: enfático |
 Czech: důrazný; rozhodný |
 German: nachdrücklich |
 Danish: bestemt |
 Greek: εμφατικός |
 Spanish: enfático, enérgico |
 Estonian: rõhutatud |
 Farsi: مصر؛ قاطع؛ موکد |
 Finnish: painokas |
 French: catégorique |
 Hebrew: מוּדגָש |
 Hindi: जोरदार, सशक्त |
 Croatian: posebno naglašen |
 Hungarian: nyomatékos |
 Indonesian: tegas |
 Icelandic: áherslumikill, eindreginn |
 Italian: risoluto, netto |
 Japanese: 断固とした |
 Korean: 강조된 |
 Lithuanian: ryškus, atkaklus |
 Latvian: uzsvērts |
 Malay: tegas |
 Dutch: nadrukkelijk |
 Norwegian: ettertrykkelig, kraftig, |
 Polish: stanowczy |
 Persian: مصر؛ قاطع؛ موکد |
 Pashto: ټينګار پر شوى، موْكد |
 Portuguese: enfático |
 Romanian: categoric, total |
 Russian: категорический; настойчив |
 Slovak: dôrazný |
 Slovenian: poudarjen |
 Serbian: izrazit |
 Swedish: eftertrycklig, bestämd, e |
 Thai: ที่หนักแน่น |
 Turkish: üzerine basa basa söyleme |
 Taiwanese: 強調的，斷然的 |
 Ukrainian: виразний; категоричний |
 Urdu: پر زور |
 Vietnamese: dứt khoát |
 Chinese: 强调的 |
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