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
Beaumont Newhall
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The 4th Generation Theragun is the brand’s best percussive tool yet, boasting powerfully quiet, professional-grade performance.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
With the ingenious use of data, Nathan shows very clearly that the thinness of the state in a region can still powerfully shape social inequality and local power relations.
—Noah L. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Suddenly, anyone with a cheap tape player could record music, sequence it, distribute it, and—perhaps most powerfully—erase it and replace it with something else.
—Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
Many are powerfully expressive of deep emotion, charged with palpable eroticism and enlivened by vectors of thrusting energy.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
But the revolutionary force of nature coursing through teenage bodies that refuse to be suppressed is powerfully brought to life.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Of all Ernaux’s books, this one most powerfully displays her ambivalence about her own social mobility.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
At times, her galactic dancing and quick delivery seemed designed to check the expectations box, squeezing a powerfully matured voice into songs produced by Gottwald during some of her most prominent years.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Bass most powerfully illustrates that Hirohito’s helplessness was a myth by recounting a moment in which that myth was accidentally punctured—ironically, by one of its most committed supporters.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
With the ingenious use of data, Nathan shows very clearly that the thinness of the state in a region can still powerfully shape social inequality and local power relations.
—Noah L. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Suddenly, anyone with a cheap tape player could record music, sequence it, distribute it, and—perhaps most powerfully—erase it and replace it with something else.
—Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
Many are powerfully expressive of deep emotion, charged with palpable eroticism and enlivened by vectors of thrusting energy.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
But the revolutionary force of nature coursing through teenage bodies that refuse to be suppressed is powerfully brought to life.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Of all Ernaux’s books, this one most powerfully displays her ambivalence about her own social mobility.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
At times, her galactic dancing and quick delivery seemed designed to check the expectations box, squeezing a powerfully matured voice into songs produced by Gottwald during some of her most prominent years.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Bass most powerfully illustrates that Hirohito’s helplessness was a myth by recounting a moment in which that myth was accidentally punctured—ironically, by one of its most committed supporters.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1589, in the meaning defined above
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“Powerfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powerfully. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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