powerfully

UK/ˈpaʊəf(ə)li/US/ˈpaʊɚf(ə)li/

adverbB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,319 of 15,258leans written

Powerfully means with great force or effect. Powerfully built, argued powerfully, powerfully moving.

Powerfully built is the fixed phrase for a heavy muscular frame, and it is a polite one. Of an argument it means the case landed rather than that it was loud.

Definitions of powerfully

1adverbpowerfullyWith great force or effect.B2+
“The river flowed powerfully after the storm, carrying away trees and fences.”

powerfully is a manner.

Where it comes from

Middle English
pouerful
English
powerful
English, today
powerfully

From powerful + -ly. powerful comes from Middle English pouerful, powarfull. by surface analysis, power + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

powerfully in the wild

Logistics automation systems can powerfully complement the facilities provided by these higher level computer systems.
Logistics automation
Eagle Creek cuts through a narrow channel and shoots powerfully into a large bowl that resembles a punchbowl.
Punch Bowl Falls
Alternatively, they can be executed quickly and powerfully to impress onlookers.
Kick (breakdancing move)
The white, foaming water of the Manavgat Waterfalls flows powerfully over the rocks.
Manavgat Waterfall
Like most of the rest of the Mountain West, Colorado voted powerfully Republican in 1972, giving Nixon a margin in excess of his national margin by 4.8%.
1972 United States presidential election in Colorado

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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