powerful
adverb
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L333769 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- having or exhibiting great strength, influence, or intensity
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊəfl̩/ / /ˈpaʊɚfl̩/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.
- Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
“The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.”
“[T]he ſubſtance of gold is indeed invincible by the povverfulleſt action of natural heat, […]”
- Leading to many or important deductions.
“a powerful set of postulates”
“a powerful theorem”
- Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- Being a powerful number.
adv
Etymology: From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.
- very; extremely
“"She was stinkin' hot down here that summer, an' we were powerful dry."”