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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