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potently

potently

1 5.4
In a way that has a strong effect on people or things
  • adverb
  • /ˈpoʊtəntli/
translation icon : potentemente
  • The speech was delivered potently, inspiring the audience to take action.
  • more potently
  • most potently
  • so potently

What sets us back and stops the energy from flowing exactly as freely and potently as it can and and shall.

Examples

  • Disney animators potently captured these emotional rises and inevitable falls.

    Blog text (7)

  • It is therefore preferable to focus only on the most potently induced genes and then build on the resulting framework in future studies.

    Academic text (2017)

  • So we're not sure why it's so potently antibiotic.

  • Ketone bodies are potently anti-inflammatory, so quite likely.

  • Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine the true poetry of life.

    Blog text (30)

  • Perhaps most potently, Unferth himself makes no response, leaving Beowulf's version entirely unopposed.

    Academic text (2016)

  • And there are new kinds of activators now of sirtuins, new chemicals that can activate them much more potently than resveratrol.

  • As the epigram to this essay potently suggests, the islands he explored and the peoples he encountered were conceived at once as lands of magic, full of mystery, and zones of fieldwork entirely penetrable by science.

    Academic text (2014)

  • In the case of Lady Macbeth, as in numerous other cases, ruthless callousness that falls somewhat short of completely unalloyed callousness is potently productive of wicked deeds.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The medicine worked potently, relieving her pain within minutes.

Synonyms

overwhelmingly
vspotently
151 4.7

By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse

means strong influence but not always the sense of overpowering force
profoundly
vspotently
110 4.2

Very strongly in a way that changes people's feelings or thoughts

focuses on strong outward effect or influence rather than inner depth
forcefully
vspotently
49 3.5

In a strong way that uses a lot of power

leans more toward overall effect and influence than physical strength
powerfully
vspotently
34 3.6

In a very strong and forceful way

has powerful effect emphasizing outcome rather than physical force
effectually
vspotently
1 6.9

In a way that brings the wanted result

stresses strength of effect rather than merely successful completion

Antonyms

weakly
35 1.0

In a way that shows little strength or energy

ineffectively
3 4.0

In a way that does not get the result you want

How Powerful

overwhelmingly
151 4.7
mightily
24 4.0
potently
1 5.4
powerfully
34 3.6
strongly
638 1.0

Surface Forms

potently positive

Morphology

potently = potent (transparent) = potent + ly

Formed by straightforward suffixation of '-ly' to the adjective 'potent', yielding 'in a powerful way'.

Etymology

Potently comes from the adjective potent, which means 'powerful', and is related to the simple word power. The ending -ly means 'in a ... way', so to act potently is to act with strong force or a very powerful effect.