forceful
[fawrs-fuh l, fohrs-]
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Origin of forceful
Synonyms
See more synonyms for forceful on Thesaurus.com1. cogent, telling.
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Examples from the Web for forcefully
Contemporary Examples
A former great urging another man to forcefully keep an up-and-coming female rapper in line?
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October 15, 2014
For its own sake, the Republican Party should reject this idea as forcefully as possible.
The early precedent for forcefully striking down protests makes the peaceful 1989 East German revolution all the more noteworthy.
Failure to engage as forcefully on human rights will ultimately be counterproductive to American security and Chinese stability.
To treat Islam as one evil enterprise “seems to me to be the height of inaccuracy and irresponsibility,” he told me forcefully.
Historical Examples
Drake ran on forcefully, succinctly, his hand gripping Garrison's.
Garrison's FinishW. B. M. Ferguson
I was forcefully impressed, too, with the class of miners at work.
My Adventures with Your MoneyGeorge Graham Rice
Of a sudden the idea that they had not smote him forcefully.
Ann Arbor TalesKarl Edwin Harriman
From the sound of a voice above I knew he had been forcefully thrown out.
BrokeEdwin A. Brown
In the morning they were all forcefully cheerful and began to work up an interest.
The BookMichael Shaara
forceful
- powerful
- persuasive or effective
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Word Origin and History for forcefully
forceful
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