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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all oddsadverb

    without question and beyond doubt

    "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win"

Wiktionary

  1. emphaticallyadverb

    In an emphatic manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Emphaticallyadverb

    Etymology: from emphatical.

    How emphatically and divinely does every word proclaim the truth that I have been speaking of! Robert South, Sermons.

    What is delivered of the incurvity of dolphins, must be taken emphatically, not really, but in appearance, when they leap above water, and suddenly shoot down again. Brown.

ChatGPT

  1. emphatically

    Emphatically refers to the action of expressing something clearly, forcefully, and without any doubt, often showing strong feeling or determination. It can also mean done with emphasis; in a manner that puts stress, importance or conviction on what is being expressed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emphaticallyadverb

    with emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently

  2. Emphaticallyadverb

    not really, but apparently

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of emphatically in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of emphatically in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of emphatically in a Sentence

  1. Robert Abrams:

    It is a closed-off nation, so we cant say emphatically that they have cases, but were fairly certain they do, what I do know is that their armed forces had been fundamentally in a lockdown for about 30 days and only recently have they started routine training again. As one example, they didnt fly an airplane for 24 days.

  2. William Barr:

    Robert Mueller stated three times to us... that Robert Mueller emphatically was not saying that but for the OLC opinion Robert Mueller would have found obstruction.

  3. Nick Clegg:

    If the West doesn't engage with this question quickly and emphatically, it may be that it isn't ours to answer. The common rules created in our hemisphere can become the example the rest of the world follows.

  4. Donald Trump:

    He has begged me to do the show for the last two years. I have told him emphatically ‘no,' i only like doing shows with good ratings, which as everybody knows, I only make better (by a lot).

  5. Toni Brunner:

    I emphatically demand that the three biggest parties should each have two seats and the fourth biggest party one, we've demanded this for years and for decades it was a recipe for success for Switzerland.

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