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Powerful   /pˈaʊərfəl/   Listen
Powerful

adjective
1.
Having great power or force or potency or effect.  "His powerful arms" , "A powerful bomb" , "The horse's powerful kick" , "Powerful drugs" , "A powerful argument"
2.
Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm.  Synonym: knock-down.
3.
Having great influence.  Synonym: potent.
4.
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.  Synonyms: brawny, hefty, muscular, sinewy.  "A muscular boxer" , "Powerful arms"
5.
Displaying superhuman strength or power.  Synonym: herculean.
adverb
1.
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.  Synonyms: mightily, mighty, right.  "He's mighty tired" , "It is powerful humid" , "That boy is powerful big now" , "They have a right nice place" , "They rejoiced mightily"



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"Powerful" Quotes from Famous Books



... probably, were desirous of using it without incurring the expense of transcribing from the original manuscript. Writing plays is not my "vocation;" and even if the mania was to seize me, I should have to contend with powerful obstacles, and very stubborn prejudices; to be sure, these, in time, might be removed, but I have no idea of being the first to descend into the arena, and become a gladiator for the American Drama. These prejudices against native productions, however ...
— She Would Be a Soldier - The Plains of Chippewa • Mordecai Manuel Noah
... with the narrow vale of Glendearg, at the head of which was the little tower of the Glendinnings. Here they had lived, bearing a respectable rank amongst the gentry of their province, though neither wealthy nor powerful. This general regard had been much augmented by the skill, courage, and enterprise which had been displayed by Walter Avenel, ...
— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott
... revolt against the towns. The ruling class, that is to say the more or less educated masses of the city-democracy, looks in impatient discontent for the state of general well-being which refuses to be realized, lays the blame alternately on the four powerful strata and on the profiteers, and fights now this group now that, for better ...
— The New Society • Walther Rathenau
... prevailing motor-mania, I was deeply indebted to him for many valuable tips. By this time I had passed my novitiate, and was still driving a neat little 91/2-h.p. Clement in order to fit myself for a more powerful and speedy car. ...
— The Motor Pirate • George Sidney Paternoster
... April 1917. On the other hand, all the European Powers had reached, if not passed, their meridian of strength, whereas the United States could with a corresponding effort raise her forces to over ten millions. Potentially she was the most powerful of the associated nations, and only the existence of the British fleet brought any rival up to anything like equality. Together the United States and the British Empire were irresistible; and so long as they were agreed, any concessions ...
— A Short History of the Great War • A.F. Pollard


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