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 NewhallExamples of powerfully in a Sentence
began to row powerfully toward the shore
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Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025
His swaggering boots remained powerfully on.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The stark difference between my pre-clinic and post-clinic phone sex work powerfully reinforced the phone counseling idea.
—Nicki J. Monti, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The new modes of reception (private not public) explain why the cancellation of Disney+ subscriptions concentrated the minds of corporate executives more powerfully than the black outs by affiliate stations.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Powerfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powerfully. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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