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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 em·phat·ic /ɪmˈfætɪk, ɛm-/
 (a.)語調強的,用力的,強調了的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 em·phat·ic em·phat·ic·al a.
 1. 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.
 2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. “Emphatical colors.” --Boyle. “Emphatical evils.”
 Syn: -- Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 emphatic
      adj 1: spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word" [syn: emphasized,
              emphasised]
      2: sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: exclamatory]
      3: forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document
         contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious
         liberty" [syn: forceful]