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Definition of: emphatic
(im·fat′ik) adjective
1. Speaking or spoken with emphasis or stress.
2. Conveying or expressing emphasis; habitually forceful and decisive; striking; forcible; positive. Also em·phat′i·cal. [<Gk. emphatikos, var. of emphantikos <emphainein. See EMPHASIS.]
—em·phat′·i·cal·ly adverb
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