emotional
1 adj Emotional means concerned with emotions and feelings.
usu ADJ n
(=psychological)
I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me..., Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.
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emotionally adv ADV adj/-ed
Are you saying that you're becoming emotionally involved with me?
2 adj An emotional situation or issue is one that causes people to have strong feelings.
(=emotive)
It's a very emotional issue. How can you advocate selling the ivory from elephants?
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emotionally adv ADV adj/-ed
In an emotionally charged speech, he said he was resigning.
3 adj If someone is or becomes emotional, they show their feelings very openly, especially because they are upset. He is a very emotional man..., I don't get as emotional as I once did.
emotional capital
When people refer to the emotional capital of a company, they mean all the psychological assets and resources of the company, such as how the employees feel about the company. (BUSINESS) n-uncount
UK organisations are not nourishing their intellectual and emotional capital.