Emphatically vs Emphatic - What's the difference?
emphatically | emphatic |
In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
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(obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
Characterized by emphasis.
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Stated with conviction.
belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
(phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
Emphatically is a derived term of emphatic.
As a adverb emphatically
is in an emphatic manner; with emphasis.As a adjective emphatic is
characterized by emphasis.As a noun emphatic is
(phonology) an emphatic consonant.emphatically
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.
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- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Anagrams
*emphatic
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Alternative forms
* emphatick (obsolete)Adjective
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- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
