strongly
with strength or in a strong manner
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,546 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,656 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- with strength or in a strong manner argues very strongly for his proposalhe was strongly opposed to the government
- in a powerful manner also: powerfully the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist
strongly in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The rich dresses appealed somewhat to him, but not strongly.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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Absence more strongly on his mind portray'd His own sweet, injur'd, unoffending Maid.
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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Brick Willock, with terrible oaths, again expressed himself as strongly opposed to this decision.
Lahoma · J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis · Chapter 1
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This was the feast; and alas! never was the want of experience more strongly felt than here.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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But against the selling of families separately and the use of the lash I set my face strongly.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1