Emphatic
[ɪm'fætɪk;em-] or [ɪm'fætɪk]
Definition
(adj.) forceful and definite in expression or action; 'the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty' .
(adj.) sudden and strong; 'an emphatic no' .
(adj.) spoken with emphasis; 'an emphatic word' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Emphatical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Expressive, significant, categorical, strong, forcible, energetic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Earnest, forcible, strong, energetic, impressive, positive, important, special,egregious, consummate
ANT:Mild, unemphatic, cool, unimpassioned, unimportant, ordinary, unnoticeable,commonplace
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Examples
- There was an emphatic kind of reticence in Mr. Chichely's manner of speaking. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A most earnest, pressing, and emphatic entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you, that you well remember. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As the little man concluded, he took an emphatic pinch of snuff, as a tribute to the smartness of Messrs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Plain and emphatic. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. George shook his head in the most emphatic manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I'll follow him,' said Mr. Pickwick, with an emphatic blow on the table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Now you prodigal old son,' said Jenny, shaking her head and her emphatic little forefinger at her burden, 'you sit there till I come back. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Stopping behind Shirley's chair, he bent over her, and said, in a low, emphatic voice, I promise all you ask--without comment, without reservation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A sensible girl though, in my opinion, said Mr. Trumbull, finishing his ale and starting up with an emphatic adjustment of his waistcoat. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The emphatic horse, cut short by the whip in a most decided negative, made a decided scramble for it, and the three other horses followed suit. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To which Mrs Milvey replied, in her pleasantly emphatic way, 'Oh YES, for she IS such a marplot, Frank, and DOES worry so! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He gets plainer as he gets on, but not an atom more emphatic or animated. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But Joe wouldn't hear of that, at all, and again opened his mouth very wide, and shook the form of a most emphatic word out of it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The coachman looked back and the guard looked back, and even the emphatic leader pricked up his ears and looked back, without contradicting. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Celia, said Dorothea, with emphatic gravity, pray don't make any more observations of that kind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yet, warned by the experiences of Christianity, Muhammad was very emphatic in insisting that he himself was merely a man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are not luxuries of education, but emphatic expressions of that which makes any education worth while. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Diggory withdrew with an emphatic step, Wildeve's eye passing over his form in withering derision, as if he were no more than a heath-cropper. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The sudden light of joy that shone in Tom's face as he raised his hands to heaven, his emphatic Bless the Lord! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That's the most extraordinary case I ever heard of,' said Mr. Pickwick, with an emphatic blow on the table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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