Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Emotional means concerned with emotions and feelings.
I needed this man’s love, and the ~ support he was giving me...
Victims are left with ~ problems that can last for life.
= psychological
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
Are you saying that you’re becoming ~ly involved with me?
ADV: ADV adj/-ed
2.
An ~ situation or issue is one that causes people to have strong feelings.
It’s a very ~ issue. How can you advocate selling the ivory from elephants?
= emotive
ADJ
~ly
In an ~ly charged speech, he said he was resigning.
ADV: ADV adj/-ed
3.
If someone is or becomes ~, they show their feelings very openly, especially because they are upset.
He is a very ~ man...
I don’t get as ~ as I once did.
ADJ