English

Adverb

emphatically ‎(comparative more emphatically, superlative most emphatically)

1. In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
   • Macaulay

     He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.

   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:

     Dos Santos, who has often been on the fringes at Spurs since moving from Barcelona, whipped in a fantastic cross that Pavlyuchenko emphatically headed home for his first goal of the season.

2. (obsolete) Not really, but apparently.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

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