EMPHATIC


Meaning of EMPHATIC in English

/ ɪmˈfætɪk; NAmE / adjective

1.

an emphatic statement, answer, etc. is given with force to show that it is important :

an emphatic denial / rejection

2.

( of a person ) making it very clear what you mean by speaking with force :

He was emphatic that he could not work with her.

3.

an emphatic victory, win, or defeat is one in which one team or player wins by a large amount

►  em·phat·ic·al·ly / -kli; NAmE / adverb :

'Certainly not,' he replied emphatically.

She is emphatically opposed to the proposals.

He has always emphatically denied the allegations.

The proposal was emphatically defeated.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos , from emphasis originally appearance, show , later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein exhibit, from em- in, within + phainein to show.

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