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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. 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"
[syn: powerfully, strongly]

2. 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"
[syn: potently, powerfully]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a.
   1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
      kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful
      man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a
      powerful light; a powerful vessel.
      [1913 Webster]

            The powerful grace that lies
            In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
        energetic; intense.
        [1913 Webster] -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. --
        Pow"er*ful*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

powerfully
    adv 1: 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" [syn:
           powerfully, strongly]
    2: in a manner having a powerful influence; "Clytemnestra's
       ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most
       potently in the audience's mind" [syn: potently,
       powerfully]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

84 Moby Thesaurus words for "powerfully":
   almighty, ardently, authoritatively, awfully, cogently,
   commandingly, consequentially, deafeningly, dynamically,
   effectively, effectually, eloquently, energetically, ex cathedra,
   exceedingly, expressively, fervently, firmly, fluently, forcefully,
   forcibly, glibly, glowingly, graphically, hardly, heartily,
   imperatively, imperviously, impregnably, impressively,
   in glowing terms, intensely, invincibly, invulnerably,
   irresistibly, just, loudly, lustily, meaningfully, might and main,
   mightily, mighty, momentously, officially, only too, passionately,
   potently, powerful, pretty, productively, puissantly, pungently,
   quite, real, really, resistantly, right, robustly, ruggedly,
   smoothly, so, soundly, spiritedly, stalwartly, staunchly, stoutly,
   strikingly, strongly, sturdily, tellingly, terribly, terrifically,
   to good account, to good purpose, unyieldingly, vehemently, very,
   vigorously, vividly, warmly, weightily, with a vengeance,
   with authority, with telling effect