01 a. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcibl…
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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 an emphatic manner; emphatic denials; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.
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2.
Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.
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3.
Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of statements, actions, or sections of documents; as, the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty.
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4.
Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no.
Syn.
forceful. — Syn. -- exclamatory. — Syn. -- Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.