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单词 emphatically
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emphaticallyadv.

Brit. /ɪmˈfatᵻkli/, /ɛmˈfatᵻkli/, U.S. /ᵻmˈfædək(ə)li/, /ɛmˈfædək(ə)li/
Forms: see emphatical adj. and -ly suffix2; also 1500s empheticallie, 1600s emphattically.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: emphatical adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < emphatical adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin emphatice (from 12th cent. in British sources), emphaticos (late 4th cent in Jerome), Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕατικῶς.
1.
a. In an emphatic or forceful way; with emphasis.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb]
largec1405
sensibly?a1425
eloquently1471
fectuallyc1485
in largea1500
pithily1533
enforcingly1571
emphatically1577
nervously1641
sensible1659
nervosely1678
forcefullya1774
cogentlya1797
accentedly1856
tersely1874
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Ggg.iijv/2 Thou doest not read: Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serue..: But, Thou shalte feare the Lorde thy God, and him (Emphatically [L. emphatice]) shalte thou serue.
1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Kiii Saying empheticallie, he determined.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. viii. 239 All the five Protopatriarchs used more Emphatically to be caled universal Bishops.
1663 A. Cowley Verses Several Occasions 51 The poor rich man's emphatically poor.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 147. ⁋2 I heard the Service read..so emphatically, and so fervently.
1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 547/2 Repetition, in rhetoric, a figure which gracefully and emphatically repeats either the same word, or the same sense in different words.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 258 Striking his cane emphatically on the ground.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 58 William the Tyrant, as the local historian emphatically calls him.
1928 R. Cullum Myst. Barren Lands xi. 106 ‘Think you'll ever get it?’.. ‘Sure,’ he said emphatically. ‘Just as sure as——death.’
1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 Dec. 3/4 Mrs. Margaret Whitlam today emphatically denied that she had referred..to journalists as ‘nongs’.
2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 22/6 Terry doesn't have any truck with the idea that it is unfeminist to sport heels. ‘Heels are completely empowering,’ he states emphatically.
b. Without doubt; decidedly, clearly, absolutely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adverb]
trulyOE
boldlyc1175
sickerlyc1275
tristly1340
redelya1375
redilya1375
surelyc1380
tristilyc1380
certainc1384
faithfullyc1384
trustilyc1390
certainlya1400
trustlya1400
undoubtinglyc1400
absolutely?a1425
positivelyc1443
assuredly1508
traist1508
traistfully1508
crousea1525
constantlya1538
resolutely1540
suredly1551
trestly1568
cocksure1579
resolvedly1610
assurantly1619
emphatically1629
decretorily1660
convincedly1812
unmisgivingly1842
solid1937
1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) v. sig. C2v And then they emphatically raile, and are emphatically beaten.
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 139 In all tacit posies of His ascention this figure..is most emphatically significant.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 28 It is always so; but was here emphatically so.
1830 J. Foster Let. 30 Apr. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 184 The most emphatically evangelical piety.
1850 G. G. Foster N.Y. by Gas-light vi. 49 He has, however, lots of friends and good ones; and with the boys he is emphatically ‘cock of the walk’.
1912 F. A. Steel King-Errant i. 30 It was too much! It was not fair! It was emphatically not the game!
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 265 If armaments are not acceptable to the pacifist, does this mean that he will..meekly resign himself to what he considers evil? The answer is emphatically no.
1994 Ricky McMountain Buyer's Guide (Weston, Ont.) Summer 12/1 Make them [sc. butter tarts] with a touch of maple syrup and be emphatically Canadian.
2. Allusively, suggestively. Cf. emphatical adj. 1, emphasis n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > allusively or suggestively
emphatically1603
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 800 Φορα, that is to say, the motion, expresseth emphatically some affection, action, or power of the minde [Fr. le mouuement donne à entendre quelque affection, ou action, ou puissance; Gk. καὶ πάλιν ἡ ϕορὰ πάθους τινὸς ἐμϕαντικὸν ἢ πράξεως ἢ δυνάμεως].
1658 T. Wall God's Revenge 18 Which Samuel does here emphatically insinuate in my Text, by this particle Now.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 410 He often useth those words also Emphatically, for One only Supreme God.
1765 T. Percy Reliques III. p. vi As the Songs of Chivalry became the most popular compositions in that language, they were emphatically called Romans or Romants.
1799 Compan. Bullock's Mus. 15 The word Taboo is used, emphatically, to denote any thing sacred, eminent, or devoted.
3. So as to have a deceptive visual appearance; illusorily. Cf. emphatical adj. 6, emphasis n. 7. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > seemingly or apparently > of colours
emphatically1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. ii. 235 What is delivered of their incurvitie, must..bee taken Emphatically, that is, not really but in appearance. View more context for this quotation
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 127 Not emphatically, like the colours in a glass Prisme..but solidly & genuinly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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