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emphatical

emphatical adjective: emphatic.

Adjective

emphatical (comparative more emphatical, superlative most emphatical)

  1. emphatic
    • The last words of Dr. Lovesworth, in parting from me yesterday evening, still sound upon my ear, they were uttered in accents peculiarly emphatical, "General, take care of your daughter."1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 141–142

Forms of emphatical

comparativemore emphatical
superlativemost emphatical

Origin of emphatical

From emphatic + -al.

Words formed from emphatical

Questions about emphatical

What does emphatical mean?
Emphatical means emphatic.
What part of speech is emphatical?
Emphatical is an adjective.

Words near emphatical in the dictionary

  1. emphasizing
  2. emphatic
  3. emphatic pronoun
  4. emphatic pronouns
  5. emphatic state
  6. emphatical
  7. emphaticall
  8. emphatically
  9. emphaticalness
  10. emphaticise
  11. emphaticised

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