emphaticadjective
uk/emˈfæt.ɪk/us/emˈfæt̬.ɪk/done or said in a strong way and without any doubt:
Poland reached the final of the championship yesterday with an emphatic 5–0 victory over Italy.
The minister has issued an emphatic rejection of the accusation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Assertions & asserting
- airing
- assert
- assertion
- attestation
- aver
- claim
- foot
- lay
- lay sth on the line idiom
- maintain
- make out sth
- misstate
- pled
- reaffirm
- set
- story
- take
- take it from me idiom
- take sth from sb
- that's my story and I'm sticking to it idiom
See more results »
emphatically
adverb uk/emˈfæt.ɪ.kəl.i/us/emˈfæt̬.ɪ.kəl.i/
Johnson has emphatically denied the allegations against him.