| 单词 | emphatically |
| 释义 | emphatically (once / 851 pages) adv When you say something emphatically, you say it with great emphasis and force, like when you emphatically denied that you took the last cookie. Emphatically, pronounced "em-FAT-ick-lee," shares the same origin as emphasize, which means "to stress or put particular importance on something." When you say or do something emphatically, you really mean it. For example, if you emphatically say "no" when someone asks you on a date, that person isn't likely to ask you — or even look in your direction — again. WORD FAMILYemphatic: emphatically, unemphatic+/unemphatic: unemphatically USAGE EXAMPLESThere were no complaints from Hull, and Touré stepped up to finish emphatically from the spot. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) “We got it right this time,” he said emphatically. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) The voters of the Birmingham suburb emphatically rejected the status quo, causing Poles to react with shock and fear for what the future might hold. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) adv without question and beyond doubt Syn by all odds, decidedly, definitely, in spades, unquestionably |
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