Emphatic
Emphatic adjective - Marked by or uttered with forcefulness.
True and emphatic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "True" instead an adjective "Emphatic".
Nearby Words: emphasis, emphatically
True
True adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Both words in one sentence
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He was aware of this before it was publicly announced to the world, although the audience wasn't, and he's pretty emphatic that he considers Whitebeard his true father.
Source: Luke, I Am Your Father -
His colleague points out that this is true by the rules of arithmetic, but the conventions of city speech indicate that he's just being emphatic.
Source: Confusing Multiple Negatives - While Ace is grateful to his mother for her sacrifice (to the point that he took her surname), he has nothing but disdain for his biological father due to all the grief his heritage caused him in life, and made it emphatic that in his eyes, Whitebeard is his true father.
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