powerfully
adverb
pow·er·ful·ly
ˈpau̇(-ə)r-f(ə-)lē 
: in a powerful manner
She expressed her opinions very powerfully.
: to a strong or powerful extent
a powerfully moving film
a powerfully aromatic dish
a powerfully built athlete
He was powerfully influenced by their advice.
Neither words nor the most detailed painting can evoke a moment of vanished time as powerfully and as completely as a good photograph.—
Beaumont Newhall
Beaumont NewhallExamples of powerfully in a Sentence
began to row powerfully toward the shore
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The movie powerfully conveys the eerie sense of experiencing history in the present tense.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Emerging technologies like generative AI are powerfully transformative but demand resilient infrastructure capable of adapting to the evolving data sovereignty landscape.
—Hans Dekkers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
To me, that is why watching Wade In The Water is so powerfully moving.
—Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Powerfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powerfully. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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