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POWERFULLY
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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:
Pertainym:
powerful (having great influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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:
Pertainym:
powerful (having great power or force or potency or effect)
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)