: in a strong manner
moving strongly and quickly forward
: to a strong or emphatic extent
She feels strongly about this issue.
They were strongly inclined to doubt him.
a dish that tastes strongly of cumin
a memory that is strongly associated with a particular song
Examples of strongly in a Sentence
in the past, the senator has always strongly opposed any suggested increase in taxes
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The 2023 edition opened a month later as Israel intensified its bombing campaign on Gaza, which has since killed more than 67,000 people, injured another 170,000 and razed the Palestinian territory to the ground, prompting accusations of genocide, which Israel has strongly rejected.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Legendary spymaster Al Pacino finds brilliant tech-head Colin Farrell and recruits him into the CIA, hinting strongly that the young man’s late father was also working for the organization.
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As for Sora, Common Sense Media strongly recommends having your child stay away from it completely at this time.
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Mamdani performs strongly in Brooklyn and among Muslim, Hindu, and atheist voters, but trails among Catholic and Jewish constituencies.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Legendary spymaster Al Pacino finds brilliant tech-head Colin Farrell and recruits him into the CIA, hinting strongly that the young man’s late father was also working for the organization.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
As for Sora, Common Sense Media strongly recommends having your child stay away from it completely at this time.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
Mamdani performs strongly in Brooklyn and among Muslim, Hindu, and atheist voters, but trails among Catholic and Jewish constituencies.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strongly
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“Strongly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strongly. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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