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powerful

8.7

Very, used in informal speech in the southern United States

adverb
/ˈpaʊərfəl/

Informal

: muy

The book was powerful, leaving a lasting impact on my thoughts.

Examples

That movie was powerful enough to make me cry.
And for me that was just so powerful and so mind blowing.
And it's it's so powerful and you never know.
And then it just, it's so powerful as well.
I think it might be so powerful, so good.
And that's pretty powerful, man, you know.
It is so powerful and is so insane.
It is so powerful and is so insane.
The speech was powerful that it moved everyone in the audience.

Synonyms

very

vspowerful

∞ 1.0

To a large degree

is a Southern informal intensifier with regional flavor rather than neutral

right

vspowerful

∞ 1.0

Use to mean very or completely

is used mainly as a regional casual intensifier, not for exactness

mighty

vspowerful

Informal

79 5.8

Used especially in informal speech to mean very

is the Southern regional informal intensifier rather than general US adverb

mightily

vspowerful

24 4.0

To do something with great force or effort

serves as a casual degree marker rather than literal force or effort

tres

vspowerful

Informal

9.9

An informal way to say very, like the French word très

is a regional natural intensifier, not a playful foreign imitation

Compounds

powerful weapon

13 3.5

Something like a skill or idea that gives a strong advantage

powerful magus

Literature

9.9

A person who uses very strong magic

powerful priestess

Literature

8.6

A woman believed to have strong magic who helps protect people

powerful rhetoric

6.7

Speech or writing that strongly convinces and moves people

Surface Forms

powerful positive

Etymology

Powerful is used in the Southern US as an informal way to say 'very' or 'to a great degree'. A helpful way to remember this is to see power ('ability') plus -ful ('full of'), so 'powerful tired' just means 'very tired'.