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strongly

  • /ˈstɹɔŋli/ US
  • /ˈstɹɒŋli/ UK
  • /ˈstɹɑŋli/ cot caught merger

Where it comes from

From Middle English strongly, from Old English stranglīċe (“strongly”), equivalent to strong + -ly.

adverb stronglier · more strongly · strongliest · most strongly

  1. In a strong or powerful manner. The Pope feels strongly about the need for both sides of the armed conflict to return to the negotiating table.
  2. Very much. His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.
  3. Fulfilling a stricter set of criteria.

    Opposite: weakly

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: powerfully, strength, potently, robust, mightily, extremely, force, robustly, intensively, overwhelmingly, intensely, strikingly, enormously, powerful, hugely, vastly

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adv in a strong or powerful manner

Españolfuertemente
Françaisfort, fortement
Deutschstark
Italianofortemente, fermamente
Românăputernic, cu putere
Русскийси́льно sílʹno

adv very much

Españolencarecidamente
Françaisfortement
Italianoampiamente
Românăfoarte, tare
Русскийси́льно sílʹno

adv mathematics

Françaisfortement

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Chicago

"strongly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/strongly.

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@misc{strongly_2026,
  title = {strongly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/strongly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}