powerfully

adverb

pow·​er·​ful·​ly ˈpau̇(-ə)r-f(ə-)lē 

: in a powerful manner

She expressed her opinions very powerfully.

: to a strong or powerful extent

a powerfully moving film

a powerfully aromatic dish

a powerfully built athlete

He was powerfully influenced by their advice.

Neither words nor the most detailed painting can evoke a moment of vanished time as powerfully and as completely as a good photograph.

—Beaumont Newhall

Synonyms

• dynamically
• energetically
• explosively
• firmly
• forcefully
• forcibly
• hard
• mightily
• muscularly
• roundly
• stiffly
• stoutly
• strenuously
• strongly
• sturdily
• vigorously

Examples of powerfully in a Sentence

began to row powerfully toward the shore

Recent Examples on the Web

That impact was powerfully demonstrated at the President’s Cup PGA tournament at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. —Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

The movie powerfully conveys the eerie sense of experiencing history in the present tense. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025

Emerging technologies like generative AI are powerfully transformative but demand resilient infrastructure capable of adapting to the evolving data sovereignty landscape. —Hans Dekkers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

To me, that is why watching Wade In The Water is so powerfully moving. —Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above