emphatic
/emˈfæt̬·ɪk/ adjDefinition
› strong and determined in speech or action, so that what is said or done gets attention: Godard is emphatic about his preference. emphatically /emˈfæt̬·ɪk·li/ adv › He emphatically denied the rumors.
(Definition of emphatic adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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