Meanings
comparative more emotionally · superlative most emotionally
- In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
"For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf."
1 more example
Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164 - Regarding emotions.
Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an emotional manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishemotional
- Englishemotionally
Translations
Catalan emocionalment
- emocionalmentin an emotional manner
Czech citově, emocionálně
- citověin an emotional manner
- emocionálněin an emotional manner
Danish følelsesmæssig, emotionel
- følelsesmæssigin an emotional manner
- emotionelin an emotional manner
Esperanto emocie
- emociein an emotional manner
German emotional
- emotionalin an emotional manner
Greek συναισθηματικά
- συναισθηματικά (synaisthimatiká)in an emotional manner
Hungarian érzelmileg
- érzelmilegin an emotional manner
Norwegian Bokmål emosjonelt
- emosjoneltin an emotional manner
Portuguese emocionalmente
- emocionalmentein an emotional manner
Russian эмоциона́льно
- эмоциона́льно (emocionálʹno)in an emotional manner
Spanish emocionalmente
- emocionalmentein an emotional manner
Cite this entry
emotionally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionally
“emotionally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionally. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionally.
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