The Collaborative International Dictionary
emphatic \em*phat"ic\, emphatical \em*phat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis.]
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.
Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. ``Emphatical colors.''
--Boyle. ``Emphatical evils.''
--Bp. Reynolds.-
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.
Syn: forceful.
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Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no.
Syn: exclamatory.
Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.
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a. emphatic