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comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic
Characterized by emphasis; forceful. quotations examples
Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout.
2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian
Stated with conviction. examples
(grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to. examples
(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages examples
ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages examples
(phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
plural emphatics
(phonology) An emphatic consonant.
(linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really". examples