emphatically

Definitions

In a forceful or insistent way.

Without doubt; clearly and definitely.

Examples

The coach emphatically denied that he was planning to resign at the end of the season.

She emphatically stated that she would not accept anything less than a full apology.

Synonyms

forcefully decisively vehemently assertively categorically resolutely positively

Antonyms

hesitantly tentatively indecisively vaguely uncertainly weakly ambiguously