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powerfully
adverb
1 powerfully
In a powerful manner:
— The federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist.
synonym: strongly.
Roget 31:
truly
etc.
(truth)
494
[in a positive degree];
decidedly,
unequivocally,
purely,
absolutely,
seriously,
essentially,
fundamentally,
radically,
downright,
in all conscience;
for the most part,
in the main.
[in a complete degree]
entirely
etc.
(completely)
52;
abundantly
etc.
(sufficiently)
639;
widely,
far and wide.
[in a great or high degree]
greatly
etc.
adj.;
much,
muckle†,
well,
indeed,
very,
very much,
a deal,
no end of,
most,
not a little;
pretty,
pretty well;
enough,
in a great measure,
richly;
to a large extent,
to a great extent,
to a gigantic extent;
on a large scale;
so;
never so,
ever so;
ever so dole;
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag,
much;
by wholesale;
mighty,
powerfully;
with a witness,
ultra [Lat.],
in the extreme,
extremely,
exceedingly,
intensely,
exquisitely,
acutely,
indefinitely,
immeasurably;
beyond compare,
beyond comparison,
beyond measure,
beyond all bounds;
incalculably,
infinitely.
[in a supreme degree]
preeminently,
superlatively
etc.
(superiority)
33.
[in a too great degree]
immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly,
excessively,
enormously,
out of all proportion,
with a vengeance.
[in a marked degree]
particularly,
remarkably,
singularly,
curiously,
uncommonly,
unusually,
peculiarly,
notably,
signally,
strikingly,
pointedly,
mainly,
chiefly;
famously,
egregiously,
prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically,
kat exochin [Gr.],
strangely,
wonderfully,
amazingly,
surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously.
[in an exceptional degree]
peculiarly
etc.
(unconformity)
83.
[in a violent degree]
furiously
etc.
(violence)
173;
severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly,
confoundedly,
deucedly,
devilishly,
with a vengeance;
a outrance†,
a toute outrance [Fr.].
[in a painful degree]
painfully,
sadly,
grossly,
sorely,
bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably,
cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly.
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Roget 157:
powerfully
etc.
adj.;
by virtue of,
by dint of.
2 powerfully
In a manner having a powerful influence.
synonym: potently.
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