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STRONGLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With strength or in a strong manner

Example:

he was strongly opposed to the government

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

weakly (in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree)

Pertainym:

strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

powerfully; strongly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“You had my note?” he asked with a deep harsh voice and a strongly marked German accent.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The distinction had perhaps been felt too strongly.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Moreover, melanoma development is strongly associated with inactivation of the p16INK4a/CDK4,6/pRb and p14ARF/HMD2/p53 tumor suppressor pathways.

(Melanoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The iron in iron isomaltoside 1000 is strongly bound to the carbohydrate particles; each particle contains a trivalent iron core and a carbohydrate shell of isomaltosides which protects and stabilizes the iron core.

(Iron Isomaltoside 1000, NCI Thesaurus)

Your twelfth house, associated with the subconscious, is strongly linked with your psychological health, so if there is anything that has troubled you, this is the ideal month to start seeing a therapist.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Dovitinib strongly binds to fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) and inhibits its phosphorylation, which may result in the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation and the induction of tumor cell death.

(Dovitinib Lactate, NCI Thesaurus)

He did not mean to show it, I am sure, but it was so strongly in his mind that it peeped out at every action.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Magnesium blocks the flow until the neuron is strongly activated and its electrical state rises above a certain voltage.

(Eye cells may use math to detect motion, NIH)

The disease is strongly associated with the presence of HLA-B8 and HLA-DR3 antigens.

(Dermatitis Herpetiformis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

“I don’t mean to deny that the evidence is in some ways very strongly in favour of your theory,” said he.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)