{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis. ] 1. 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; emphatic denials; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. “Emphatical colors.” Boyle. “Emphatical evils.” Bp. Reynolds.
3. Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of statements, actions, or sections of documents; as, the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty. Syn. -- forceful. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
4. Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no. Syn. -- exclamatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[nai](aux-adj) (1) not (verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation); (suf, adj-i) (2) (See 忙しない) emphatic suffix (used after the root of an adjective); (P)#27[Add to Longdo]
[tomo](prt) (1) certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; (2) even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; (3) (with neg. verb) without even; without so much as; (4) (after an adverb) (See 遅くとも) at the (least, earliest, etc.); (5) (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と) (See と・1, と・2, と・3, と・4) emphatic particle; (P)#841[Add to Longdo]
[いったい, ittai](adv) (1) (before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question) ...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); (n) (2) one object; one body; unity; (3) one form; one style; (4) one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.); (n-adv) (5) (See 一体に) generally; in general; (P)#4917[Add to Longdo]
[zutto (P); zu-tto (P); zuutto](adv) (1) (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic) continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; (2) much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; (3) far away; long ago; (4) direct; straight; (P)#5365[Add to Longdo]
[sutto (P); sutsu to ; su-tsu to ; suutto](adv, vs) (1) (on-mim) (スーッと and すうっと are more emphatic) straight; quickly; directly; all of a sudden; (2) (on-mim) quietly; gently; softly; (vs) (3) to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied; (P)[Add to Longdo]