emphatically
Britishadverb
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with emphasis or force
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definitely or unquestionably
Example Sentences
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He emphatically denied the accusations at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
“I’ve been making that case for a long time,” Thune told reporters Wednesday, “and we’ll make it again, and today, I think, even more emphatically given the outcome last night.”
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
This is emphatically consistent with the results in other elections in the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The Cleveland Cavaliers emphatically got back to winning ways Tuesday, coasting to a 109-94 victory over the New York Knicks as their recent star signing James Harden scored 20 points.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
In the saddle, emancipated from their bodies, Pollard, Woolf, and all other reinsmen sailed eight feet over the world, emphatically free, emphatically alive.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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