emotionally
adverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪˈməʊʃənəli//
- United Kingdom//ɪˈməʊʃənli//
- Canada//ɪˈmoʊʃənəli//
- Canada//iˈmoʊʃənəli//
In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
adverb
- 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.
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- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English emotionally From emotional + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more emotionally
- superlative
- most emotionally
emotionally · In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
empathy · Identification with or understanding of the thoughts,…emperor · The male monarch or ruler of an empire.Emperor · The title of an emperor.