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emphatically

/ɪmˈfætɪkli/ adverb B2
  1. In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
  2. Most definitely; truly.
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“I’ll warrant you it was,” said Marilla emphatically.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 144 · C1
She soon learnt that they were indebted for their present good understanding to the efforts of his aunt, who _did_ call on him in her return through London, and there relate her journey to Longbourn, its motive, and the substance of her conversation with Elizabeth; dwelling emphatically on every expression of the latter, which, in her Ladyship’s apprehension, peculiarly denoted her perverseness and assurance, in the belief that such a relation must assist her endeavours to obtain that promise from her nephew which _she_ had refused to give.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 344 · B2

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