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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, adjective
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}, adverb -- {Pow"er*ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
powerfully
adverb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "powerfully": almighty, ardently, authoritatively, awfully, cogently, commandingly, consequentially, deafeningly, dynamically, effectively, effectually, eloquently, energetically, ex cathedra, exceedingly, expressively, fervently, firmly, fluently, forcefully, forcibly, glibly, glowingly, graphically, hardly, heartily, imperatively, imperviously, impregnably, impressively, in glowing terms, intensely, invincibly, invulnerably, irresistibly, just, loudly, lustily, meaningfully, might and main, mightily, mighty, momentously, officially, only too, passionately, potently, powerful, pretty, productively, puissantly, pungently, quite, real, really, resistantly, right, robustly, ruggedly, smoothly, so, soundly, spiritedly, stalwartly, staunchly, stoutly, strikingly, strongly, sturdily, tellingly, terribly, terrifically, to good account, to good purpose, unyieldingly, vehemently, very, vigorously, vividly, warmly, weightily, with a vengeance, with authority, with telling effect
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