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The phrase "not emphatically" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to indicate that something was not done, said, or expressed with a great deal of force or conviction. For example, "He answered the question not emphatically, but ambiguously."
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New York is reliably, if not emphatically, aDemocratic state.
Yet the notion still lingers, in part because Mr. Edwards has not emphatically ruled it out.
It is not – emphatically not – the role of public servants and independent statutory officers to slavishly support the government's agenda.
Asked if winning the trophy as college football's outstanding player mattered, his response was: "Definitely not, emphatically, I don't care.
Ms. De Wael has similarly referred to a longing to be part of the group to which she did not, emphatically, belong: "I felt different.
If the jacket design had not emphatically made the link, I might not have so quickly identified Richards's work with that of Chris Van Allsburg.
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What Emsworth isn't, emphatically, is Timothy Spall.
"Patrick hasn't emphatically decided if he is going to play in South Africa.
But on the bright side, he didn't emphatically toss his racquet as he has been known to do on occasion, including in an earlier match here.
Above all, it is important for us to be crystal clear to the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland that our case is not - emphatically not - separatist or insular.
It suggested a Jewish identity for Fanny, but not too emphatically.
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