POTENTLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

potently

adverb

Definition of potently next

as in aggressively

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Recent Examples of potently Though the conversation didn't quite reach any actionable solutions beyond what has been discussed as already in progress, like Rawls' work, there was one clear message potently felt across the room — one of urgency. —

Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026 Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2026 His commentary across the film, which potently mixes 16mm film and contemporary digital imagery that encompass the multiple eras of Adrian’s life, switches between adoration and regret befitting a father still contending with such a devastating loss. —

Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025 What started as an exercise in nostalgia, the pure joy of watching O’Hara and Levy riffing off each other so potently after all these years, became an exercise in both discovery and affirmation. —

Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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The network aggressively defended itself against the defamation lawsuit in New York -- arguing that the company was facing imminent collapse over its own internal misconduct, not because of any negative coverage.

— JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
When the Fed raised rates aggressively in 2022 and 2023, card issuers passed those increases to borrowers almost immediately.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026