powerfully
- adverb
- /ˈpaʊərfəli/
- She argued her point powerfully, convincing everyone in the room to support her.
- powerfully move
- powerfully speak
- powerfully influence
And now he was short of stature but very powerfully built and compact.
- And now he was short of stature but very powerfully built and compact.
- I think other people were powerfully moved by it.
- So that's again, another way that stress powerfully remodels the brain for the worse.
- The West is powerfully resented, powerfully envied and admired simultaneously.
- But they do because they feel that sense of belonging so powerfully that I would die for you.
- We've inherited kind of the, the spirituality of effort quite powerfully from the Eastern traditions.
- And it's also part of understanding how I work powerfully in the world.
- And in fact, experiencing things in that way is one of the most powerfully engaging things that we can do.
Examples
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For the first time, my daughter powerfully let her presence be felt.
Fiction book (1997) -
Just one month ago, our citizens powerfully reaffirmed the promise of America.
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I think other people were powerfully moved by it.
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And you just taught us that incredible memory comes from being powerfully present.
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Academic content put with music is powerfully connected to the brain.
Academic text (2008) -
But writing clearly, powerfully for a broad audience is also crucial.
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So what I want to say, I think that what you say very powerfully really captures what is real.
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Even so, the implied dialogue still acts to powerfully reveal character.
Academic text (2011) -
Perhaps no factor affects learning so powerfully as the judicious use of reward.
Academic text (1994) -
So stay tuned and hear what RFK Junior has to say that is so powerfully influential in the upcoming election.
Synonyms
In a very forceful or certain way
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
In a strong way that uses a lot of power
To speak or act with strong feeling and force
In a strong, definite way that shows no doubt
To do something with great force or effort
In a very clear and strong way that people easily notice
In a strong and forceful way
In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it
In a confident, firm way that makes your opinions and needs clear
In a way that has a strong effect on people or things
In a very strong way that is hard to resist
To act in a strong, confident way that shows authority
In a way that makes people change their ideas or actions
Antonyms
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word powerfully comes from power, a word that once meant 'ability' or 'to be able'. That's why powerfully describes doing something with great strength, force, or influence.