emphatically

adverb

as in surely

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Recent Examples of emphatically Last season, Texas Tech filled that void emphatically with a dominant regular-season display. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Another menu favorite, which de la Torre emphatically recommended, is the build-your-own guacamole. — Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 And this was the exact type of situation that I had been emphatically implored to avoid by the Polish detective who told us to head for the Georgian-Turkish border. — Literary Hub, 31 July 2026 Few would make that argument more emphatically than Glenn Perry, an All-American swimmer at Cal Poly from 1979 to 1981. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 In the metal, the Emira looks low, dramatic, and emphatically mid-engined. — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026 Outside its niche following, The Human Vapor is emphatically the latter. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 But Scotland responded emphatically with tries to Gregor Brown and Scott Cummings, both playing their 50th tests. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 During the work-in-progress session Brooke emphatically doubled down. — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emphatically
  1. surely
  2. resolutely
  3. determinedly
  4. steadfastly
  5. solidly
  6. decidedly
  7. soundly
  8. rigidly
Adverb
  • Future events will always weigh heavy on any prequel, but surely stories have a responsibility to better acknowledge that viewers know what's coming.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Whoever winds up playing Parton on Broadway surely has some enormous rhinestone boots to fill.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of surely
Adverb
  • Amid the resurgence of Japanese cinema on the international festival circuit over the past few years, one resolutely indie banner, Bitters End, has been quietly growing its profile across production, distribution and international sales.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Kopple’s documentary is a time capsule, offering a concentrated taste of an earlier moment in American culture, now resolutely over.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolutely
Adverb
  • Poor Frank and Kirsten look on confused, determinedly polite in their insistence that all family members should be welcome.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of determinedly
Adverb
  • King steadfastly defended the district at the June hearing, responding to multiple committee questions by stating that CPS’ guidelines comply with Illinois law and highlighting its commitment to equity.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But the Writers Guild of America and Teamsters have steadfastly opposed the merger, warning about its potential impact on working writers and film crews.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of steadfastly
Adverb
  • For the first time in several years, local Democrats don’t fear the backlash of coming out as a Democrat in a solidly red county, said John Barry, the chair of the Jack County Democratic Party.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Colorado is a state with a widely varied electorate that's becomes more solidly Democratic in recent decades, but which still holds a strong conservative and libertarian streak.
    — Joanna Ossinger, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of solidly
Adverb
  • The composure of Amélie, and the decidedly wild and clownish manner in which she’s painted, can’t be tamed into order, elegance, or beauty.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Later that day, Piker was decidedly less enthusiastic about Ossoff when speaking on his stream.
    — Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of decidedly
Adverb
  • Despite constantly losing and chasing the game, Vancouver was still soundly outshot, out-chanced and exposed at five-on-five.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, soundly defeated 14-term incumbent John Larson in a race that was defined more by their 30-year age gap than any policy differences.
    — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of soundly
Adverb
  • Starting in the nineteen-eighties, forms of identification as proof of citizenship became more rigidly required.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The acting is passable, more or less, but dialogue is often rigidly expository or cliché or both.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of rigidly

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“Emphatically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emphatically. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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