emphatically

1. 1.

   without question and beyond doubt

   “it was decidedly too expensive”

   “she told him off in spades”

   “by all odds they should win”

   Synonymsdecidedlyunquestionablydefinitelyin spadesby all odds

Questions about emphatically

What does emphatically mean?

emphatically means "without question and beyond doubt".

How many syllables are in emphatically?

emphatically has 4 syllables: em-phatic-al-ly. The stress falls on "phatic". In IPA it is /ɛmˈfætɪkli/.

What is another word for emphatically?

Close synonyms include decidedly, unquestionably, definitely, in spades, by all odds. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is emphatically a common word?

emphatically is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.