strongly

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 show, paying six dollars.

2. Very much.

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

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     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.

Translations

in a strong or powerful manner

Armenian: սաստիկ (hy) (sastik) Catalan: fort (ca) Czech: silně (cs) French: fort (fr), fortement (fr) Galician: fortemente Georgian: ძლიერად (ʒlierad), ძლიერ (ʒlier) German: stark (de) Interlingua: fortemente

Irish: go láidir Italian: fortemente (it) Latin: firmiter Nahuatl: chicauaztica Romanian: puternic (ro), cu putere Russian: си́льно (ru) (sílʹno) Spanish: fuertemente (es) Swedish: starkt (sv)

very much

French: fortement (fr) Georgian: ძლიერ (ʒlier)

Romanian: foarte (ro), tare (ro) Russian: си́льно (ru) (sílʹno)

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