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emotionally en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /iˈmoʊʃənəli/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ɪˈməʊʃənli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

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? 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164:
2. Regarding emotions.
   • Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done.

Forms

Deriveds

emotionally unstable personality disorder · emotionally disturbed

Translations (15)

cs emocionálně (in an emotional manner) · hu érzelmileg (in an emotional manner) · cs citově (in an emotional manner) · pt emocionalmente (in an emotional manner) · es emocionalmente (in an emotional manner) · da emotionel (in an emotional manner) · da følelsesmæssig (in an emotional manner) · el συναισθηματικά (in an emotional manner) · eo emocie (in an emotional manner) · ru эмоциона́льно (in an emotional manner) · de emotional (in an emotional manner) · gl emocionalmente (in an emotional manner) · ca emocionalment (in an emotional manner) · mt emozzjonalment (in an emotional manner) · nb emosjonelt (in an emotional manner)