emotionally

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
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/ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ · /ɪˈməʊʃənli/ · /ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/ · /iˈmoʊʃənəli/

Definition of emotionally

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
    “"For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf."”
    “Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?”
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adv

  1. In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
    “"For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf."”
    “Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?”
  2. Regarding emotions.
    “Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English emotionally From emotional + -ly.

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