influential
adjective
having or exerting influence, especially great influence.
influentially
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a word derived from
influential.
Example Sentences
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He’d been a regular on “Hollywood Squares,” a frequent guest on “The Tonight Show,” and — most influentially — one of the decade’s coolest make-believe cops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ellison, 28, testified that Bankman-Fried directed her while she was chief executive of Alameda Research to commit fraud as he pursued ambitions to lead huge companies, spend money influentially and run for U.S. president someday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Baldwin had been a powerful voice of the Harlem Renaissance; Davis was the voice that had whispered most influentially in Talley’s ear.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023
Among other things, he influentially criticized education conceived as “mere preparation for later life.”
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2017
But I am an Englishman, I hope; and when such a document as this, influentially signed, is put into my hands and an answer demanded of me, what sort of answer do I give?
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
