formidable
adjective
causing fear, apprehension, or dread.
formidably
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a word derived from
formidable.
Example Sentences
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In “Wrong Number,” a small canvas on which two tulips emerge on either side of a small lavender sun, a thin layer of white sitting over a block of teal looks formidably complex.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
At 24, Cleveland-born, classically trained stage actor Josiah Cross won his first major screen role — playing a fraught 17-year-old opposite the formidably talented Teyana Taylor as his desperate mother in “A Thousand and One.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
My first impression of Copilot is that it will be a useful tool, but also a formidably competitive colleague for those who do office work - especially within companies looking to make savings.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
In the three years he delved into Egyptian art, Freer may not have untangled the country’s formidably lengthy, richly multicultural history.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
She had a reputation for being formidably intelligent, and in those days one often tended to hear of how she had humiliated this or that learned gentleman at dinner over some important contemporary issue.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
