EXPLOSIVELY Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

explosively

adverb

as in strongly

in a vigorous and forceful manner the racehorses explosively broke from the starting gate

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Recent Examples of explosively Meanwhile, the eastern Pacific Ocean has been booming; thanks to the warm waters El Niño provides, Hurricane Polo explosively intensified into a Category 5 in late September before making landfall in Baja California Sur earlier this week. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Chernyshov probably won’t get PP1 time and isn’t guaranteed a top-six role, which limits how explosively his point totals could grow. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 That’s in part because of mild weather during its first two weeks, and because much of it is burning over terrain where there have been other fires in recent years, leaving less vegetation to burn explosively now. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 That chronology worked explosively well for those who saw Jackson’s rendition unfold at the box office. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 When both happen simultaneously, the frontier of viable startups expands explosively. — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 When two helicopters operate in close proximity, their rotors risk colliding in flight and then coming apart explosively, which would lead the aircraft to fall to the ground with the aerodynamics of a lawn dart. — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026 The extreme temperature of a single lightning strike forces the air around it to expand explosively. — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026 The number of possible configurations grows explosively large. — Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026

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Blue light can travel farther through water and scatters more strongly from tiny airborne particles.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Hasegawa said 2025 broke that pattern, with both sides growing strongly.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of strongly

Adverb

The letter warns that any attempt by Alterra to stop paying rent or abandon the premises without resolving its contractual obligations would be vigorously contested.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
In experiments plants that are rigidly staked to prevent their movement or that are grown in pots and turned out of sync with the Sun grow less vigorously and have fewer or smaller leaves.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of vigorously

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In Germany, nighttime riots injured more than 100 police officers and damaged or looted stores; in Lisbon, Portugal, police forcibly cleared a housing protest encampment.

— Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, police in Portugal early Sunday forcibly cleared a tent camp set up in Lisbon by activists protesting against high housing costs.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of forcibly

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Roast tofu and sweet potatoes, ruffly kale, a powerfully herby dressing.

— Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women’s diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of powerfully

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The easy chemistry translates into the competition itself, where Levine notes that the four coaches are all fiercely competitive, but without the kind of animosity that can sometimes come with fighting over artists.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026
Greg’s colleagues from over the years describe him as fiercely competitive, not just with work projects but also with hobbies like running and weight lifting.

— Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of fiercely

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That level of detail is what makes a modern invite harder to fake and gives guests the confidence to say 'yes' without second-guessing.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Randle offered a more useful explanation than simply demanding that everyone play harder.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of hard

Adverb

Aston forcefully launched itself into the 21st century with the V12 Vanquish, which debuted in the fall of 2001 as the spitting image of a 1998 concept car.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
Wearing an open white shirt and blazer, Brand was called forward to the dock, said his name and forcefully denied all charges put to him by his barrister Ian Winter.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

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