emphatical
adjEtymology From emphatic + -al.
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emphatic
- The last words of Dr. Lovesworth, in parting from me yesterday evening, still sound upon my ear, they were uttered in accents peculiarly emphatical, "General, take care of your daughter."1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 141–142:
- Derived terms
- emphaticalness, unemphatical