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strongly

Syllables: strong·lyUK/ˈstɹɒŋli//ˈstɹɔŋli/

strongly adverb: in a strong or powerful manner.

Adverb

strongly (comparative stronglier or more strongly, superlative strongliest or 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.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
  3. Fulfilling a stricter set of criteria.
    Antonyms:
    weakly

strongly meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam

strongly in Tamil

வலிமையுடன், சற்றே மிகுவலிமை வாய்ந்த

strongly in Marathi

जोरदारपणे

strongly in Bengali

প্রবলভাবে, দৃঢরুপে

strongly in Malayalam

in a strong or powerful manner
ശക്തിയായി śaktiyāyi
More languagesFewer languages
strongly in Kannada
ದಿಮ್ಮನೆ
strongly in Sanskrit
भृशम् bhṛśam

Examples of strongly in a sentence

  • We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years.
  • Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
  • I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.

All 40 example sentences with strongly

Antonyms of strongly

Forms of strongly

comparativestronglier
comparativemore strongly
superlativestrongliest
superlativemost strongly

Origin of strongly

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

Words formed from strongly

Phrases with strongly

Questions about strongly

What does strongly mean?
Strongly means in a strong or powerful manner.
What is strongly in Tamil?
Strongly in Tamil is வலிமையுடன், சற்றே மிகுவலிமை வாய்ந்த. See Strongly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is strongly?
Strongly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce strongly?
Strongly is pronounced /ˈstɹɔŋli/ (US).

Words near strongly in the dictionary

  1. strongliest
  2. strongling
  3. stronglings
  4. stronglink
  5. stronglinks
  6. strongly
  7. strongly connected
  8. strongly connected component
  9. strongly connected components
  10. strongly interacting massive particle
  11. strongly interacting massive particles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: strongly (page history and authors); strongly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strongly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strongly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strongly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भृशम् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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