influential
[in-floo-en-shuh l]
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- a person who exerts or can exert strong influence: according to influentials of the fashion industry.
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Origin of influential
Synonyms
See more synonyms for influential on Thesaurus.com1. consequential, forceful, important.
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Examples from the Web for influentially
Historical Examples
Few of these factors appear above the threshold of consciousness, though they are continually and influentially operative.
Nature MysticismJ. Edward Mercer
This is the story of one of the most far-reaching and influentially naughty things we ever did in our lives.
The WouldbegoodsE. Nesbit
It is our business here to speak, for it is by the tongue that we multiply ourselves most influentially.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25)Robert Louis Stevenson
Thus a second time, as you will presently see, the capitol of my native State had influentially affected the current of my life.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25)Robert Louis Stevenson
The psychology of the judge enters into the consideration as influentially as the psychology of the offender.
Criminal PsychologyHans Gross
influential
- having or exerting influence
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Word Origin and History for influentially
influential
adj.
"powerful," 1650s, from Medieval Latin influentialis, from influentia (see influence). Earlier in an astrological sense (1560s).
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