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Grammar : Adv
Spell : ih-moh-shuh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl



Definition of emotionally

Origin :
  • 1821, "pertaining to emotion," from emotion + -al (1). Meaning "liable to emotions" attested by 1857. Related: Emotionally. Emotional intelligence coined by mid-1960s, popular from mid-1980s.
  • As in passionately : adv deeply
  • As in subjectively : adv internally
  • As in sympathetically : adv sensitively
  • As in urgently : adv insistently
  • As in warmly : adv fervently
Example sentences :
  • Both the experience and the anticipation of it were emotionally exciting.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • Economics are stubborn things and cannot be successfully dealt with emotionally.
  • Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn
  • The time has come when beneficence, to be real, must operate scientifically, not emotionally.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • This information was given to me not emotionally but as it were officially.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • To Bettina, emotionally tense, the real world had disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • Miller is emotionally thrilled by Renoir but he is never quite swept.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • His visitor kept moistening her dry lips and swallowing, emotionally.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • She was in the grip of dull, unrelenting pain, physically and emotionally.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Uncle Chris, the old traveller, was not emotionally affected.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • Her eyes darkened, widened, split Grant emotionally down the middle.
  • Extract from : « A Fine Fix » by R. C. Noll

Synonyms for emotionally

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