adverb
- In a direct, positive manner: flat, flatly, positively. Informal flat out. See strong/weak.
emphatically
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IN BRIEF: In a definite manner.
It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.
— John Marshall (1755-1835).
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The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
without question and beyond doubt
Synonyms: decidedly, unquestionably, definitely, in spades, by all odds
Derived from adjective: emphatic (meaning #3)
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| but good (Idiom) |
| Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 387 (L. 175) (Classical Work) |
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