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Distinctly vs Emphatically - What's the difference?

distinctly | emphatically |

As adverbs the difference between distinctly and emphatically

is that distinctly is in a distinct manner while emphatically is in an emphatic manner; with emphasis.

distinctly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a distinct manner.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=17 citation , passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
  • * 2007 , Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant , ISBN 978-0-399-15446-1, p. 192,
    • "Aloud," he said distinctly, "the Seven Words are spoken thus. Melenkurion abatha. Duroc minas mill. Harad khabaal. "

    Antonyms

    * indistinctly

    emphatically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
  • * Macaulay
    • He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Dos Santos, who has often been on the fringes at Spurs since moving from Barcelona, whipped in a fantastic cross that Pavlyuchenko emphatically headed home for his first goal of the season.}}
  • (obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

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