without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win"
If you say something emphatically, you say it in a forceful way which shows that you feel very strongly about what you are saying. `No fast food', she said emphatically Mr Davies has emphatically denied the charges
Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in an emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning
If you are emphatic about something, you use forceful language which shows that you feel very strongly about what you are saying. The rebels are emphatic that this is not a surrender He is especially emphatic about the value of a precise routine
An emphatic response or statement is one made in a forceful way, because the speaker feels very strongly about what they are saying. His response was immediate and emphatic I answered both questions with an emphatic `Yes'
forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty" sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word
An emphatic win or victory is one in which the winner has won by a large amount or distance. Yesterday's emphatic victory was their fifth in succession