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1. Spoken with emphasis
   "an emphatic word"
   - emphasized, emphasised [Brit]
    
2. Sudden and strong
   "an emphatic no"
   - exclamatory
    
3. Forceful and definite in expression or action
   "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
   - forceful

See also: accented, assertive, emphasis, emphatically, forceful, self-asserting, self-assertive, stressed

Encyclopedia: Emphatic