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powerfully |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. --Shak. 2. (Mining) Large capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv -- {Pow"er*ful*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: {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}]
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