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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emphatic \Em*phat"ic\, Emphatical \Em*phat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf F. emphatique See {Emphasis}.]
1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a
peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of
stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as to
remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word an
emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.
2. Striking the sense attracting special attention;
impressive; forcible. ``Emphatical colors.'' --Boyle.
``Emphatical evils.'' --Bp. Reynolds.
Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking;
positive; important; special; significant.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
emphatic
adj 1: spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word" [syn: {emphasized}]
2: sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: {exclamatory}]
3: forceful and definite in expression or action "the document
contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious
liberty" [syn: {forceful}]
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