Meanings
adjectiveemphatical (comparative more emphatical, superlative most emphatical)
comparative more emphatical · superlative most emphatical
- 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
Origin
- Englishemphatic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishemphatical
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