Powerfully definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POW'ERFULLY, adv. With great force or energy; potently; mightily; with great effect; forcibly; either in a physical or moral sense. Certain medicines operate powerfully on the stomach; the practice of virtue is powerfully recommended by its utility.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see powerful

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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