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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical);
- Example: "a forceful speaker"
- Example: "a forceful personality"
- Example: "forceful measures"
- Example: "a forceful plan for peace"

2. forceful and definite in expression or action;
- Example: "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
[syn: emphatic, forceful]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forceful \Force"ful\, a.
   Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. --
   Force"ful*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

         Against the steed he threw
         His forceful spear.                      --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

forceful
    adj 1: characterized by or full of force or strength (often but
           not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a
           forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful
           plan for peace" [ant: forceless, unforceful]
    2: forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document
       contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious
       liberty" [syn: emphatic, forceful]