Hypertext Webster Gateway: "powerfully"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a.
1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful
man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a
powerful light; a powerful vessel.
The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants,
stones, and their true qualities. --Shak.
2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv. --
{Pow"er*ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
powerfully
adv 1: in a powerful manner; "the federal government replaced the
powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the
even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist"
[syn: {strongly}]
2: in a manner having a powerful influence; "Clytemnestra's
ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most
potently in the audience's mind" [syn: {potently}]
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