EMPHATICALLY in a Sentence

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A ring at the door-bell, sounding emphatically through the empty house, roused her suddenly to the extent of her boredom.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMPHATICALLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
emphatically
 ad.  without question and beyond doubt
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  The mules could not be spared to go off to war, even if they had been acceptable for the Troop, which they emphatically were not.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  "I don't care what you say, Mr. O'Hara," Mrs. Tarleton was saying emphatically.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  A ring at the door-bell, sounding emphatically through the empty house, roused her suddenly to the extent of her boredom.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
4  It became, emphatically, the bloody arena, in which most of the battles for the mastery of the colonies were contested.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
5  "She is welcome," returned the chief of the latter nation, still more emphatically.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
6  Utterson ALONE and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread, so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer dreaded to behold the contents.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
7  When the song was ended, the anchorite emphatically declared it a good one, and well sung.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  'It beats anything I could have believed,' observed the matron emphatically.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  "If 'twasn't my name's Simple," said the Grandfer emphatically.'
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
10  "He was, if ever a child was," said my sister, most emphatically.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
11  "ALL," Joe repeated, very emphatically.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
12  So very emphatically and unexpectedly, that we were all three discomposed; until Tiffey came in with the bill.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
13  'Your son is one of the most remarkable men I have ever met,' Arkady answered emphatically.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  Everyone waited, so emphatically and eagerly did he demand their attention to his story.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
15  "Lise, I beg you to desist," said Prince Andrew still more emphatically.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  Making people feel foolish is emphatically not my strategy.
2  Wilde was emphatic that the event should go ahead.
3  His response was immediate and emphatic.
4  The statement is emphatic in stating that there must be a quid pro quo.
5  She dared me in an emphatic voice to rise from that place, or utter one syllable during the remainder of the day.