strongly

comparative stronglier · comparative more strongly · superlative strongliest · superlative most strongly

1. In a strong or powerful manner.

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

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   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.

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   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

   As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump.

   2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN

   I overrode Fauci on this. His ideas were CRAZY! Also, I said from the beginning that the Virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China. Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China.

   2026 July 29, Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026

3. mathematicsFulfilling a stricter set of criteria.

   Antonyms: weakly