emotionally

English

Etymology

From emotional +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, /ɪˈməʊʃənli/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/, /iˈmoʊʃənəli/

Adverb

emotionally (comparative more emotionally, superlative most emotionally)

1. In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
   • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 164:

     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.

Derived terms

• emotionally unstable personality disorder

Translations

in an emotional manner

Catalan: emocionalment Czech: citově, emocionálně Danish: følelsesmæssig, emotionel Esperanto: emocie Galician: emocionalmente Greek: συναισθηματικά (el) (synaisthimatiká) Maltese: emozzjonalment Norwegian: Bokmål: emosjonelt Portuguese: emocionalmente (pt) Russian: эмоциона́льно (ru) (emocionálʹno) Spanish: emocionalmente (es)