strongly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɹɔŋli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɹɒŋli/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /stɹɑŋli/

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• Hyphenation: strong‧ly

Adverb

strongly (comparative stronglier or more strongly, superlative strongliest or most strongly)

1. In a strong or powerful manner.

   In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.

2. Very much.

   His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

Derived terms

• strongly connected
• strongly connected component
• strongly interacting massive particle
• strongly symmetric matter
• strongly-typed

 

Translations

in a strong or powerful manner

• Armenian: սաստիկ (hy) (sastik)
• Bulgarian: силно (bg) (silno)
• Catalan: fort (ca) de valent
• Czech: silně (cs)
• French: fort (fr), fortement (fr)
• Galician: fortemente, gordo (gl)
• Georgian: ძლიერად (ʒlierad), ძლიერ (ʒlier)
• German: stark (de)
• Hungarian: erősen (hu)
• Interlingua: fortemente
• Irish: go láidir
• Italian: fortemente (it), fermamente (it)
• Latin: fortiter, firmiter
• Malayalam: ശക്തിയായി (śaktiyāyi)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: виян (vijan)

• Nahuatl: chicauaztica
• Polish: silnie (pl), mocno (pl)
• Romanian: puternic (ro), cu putere
• Russian: си́льно (ru) (sílʹno)
• Spanish: fuertemente (es)
• Swedish: starkt (sv)

very much

• Bulgarian: много (bg) (mnogo)
• Catalan: força (ca) de valent
• French: fortement (fr)
• Georgian: ძლიერ (ʒlier)
• Hungarian: határozottan (hu), nyomatékosan (hu), markánsan, erőteljesen (hu)
• Italian: ampiamente (it)
• Romanian: foarte (ro), tare (ro)
• Russian: си́льно (ru) (sílʹno)

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