EMPHATICALLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

emphatically

adverb

Definition of emphatically next

as in surely

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Recent Examples of emphatically The Spanish professional golfer, 31, emphatically apologized after his frustrated swing at the grass accidentally launched a divot into a PGA volunteer nearby during the PGA Championship on Thursday, May 14. —

Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Every Holzinger performance is emphatically an ensemble performance. —

Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026 But while the resources may be ready for a transition, the people emphatically are not. —

IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026 The president has repeatedly and emphatically said the sprawling 90,000-square-foot ballroom would be entirely bankrolled by private donors. —

Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026 The Hawks clowned the Pelicans on the 2025 draft-night trade to get this year’s lottery pick, made arguably the best free-agent signing in the league in Alexander-Walker and emphatically ripped off the Trae Young Band-Aid … while finding a worthy short-term replacement in guard CJ McCollum. —

John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 May 2026 As the new Sox skipper began walking out to the mound, his starter emphatically shook his head from side to side. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 Others have emphatically said that mental health is not an excuse for domestic violence. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 Fitzpatrick's ability to flush the disappointing bogey on the 72nd hole and immediately answer with a 4-iron for the ages minutes later in the playoff against Scheffler emphatically shows the 31-year-old deserves the 'elite' title next to his name. —

Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

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She surely was also exposed to Madame Charlotte Mentelle’s feminist beliefs and abolitionist leanings.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Also inexplicable is the movie’s setting circa the dawn of COVID, where masks and quarantine come into play — though for many out there, that was surely a time when relapses were around the bend, the temptation of a bender without judgment and out of view very easily had.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026