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POWERFULLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a manner having a powerful influence

Example:

Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind

Synonyms:

potently; powerfully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

powerful (having great influence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a powerful manner

Example:

the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist

Synonyms:

powerfully; strongly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

powerful (having great power or force or potency or effect)

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 Context examples: 

Powerfully muscled though some of them were, there had been something wrong with all of them, an insufficient development here, an undue development there, a twist or a crook that destroyed symmetry, legs too short or too long, or too much sinew or bone exposed, or too little.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)