STRONGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strongly mean? 

• STRONGLY (adverb)
  The adverb STRONGLY has 2 senses:

1. with strength or in a strong manner

2. in a powerful manner

  Familiarity information: STRONGLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRONGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With strength or in a strong manner

Context example:

he was strongly opposed to the government

Antonym:

weakly (in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree)

Pertainym:

strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a powerful manner

Synonyms:

powerfully; strongly

Context example:

the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist

Pertainym:

strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)

 Context examples 

The layers of ice were smooth, suggesting the ice hadn’t been strongly disturbed during that time.

(NASA Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice, NASA)

He answered his 'I will' firmly and strongly.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It reminds me too strongly of a rat in a trap.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Roxithromycin strongly inhibits inflammatory cytokine production and secretion from T cells and macrophages in vitro and in vivo.

(Formoterol Fumarate/Roxithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)

I became very glowing again, and, expressing myself in a rhapsodical style, I am afraid, urged my request strongly; reminding the Doctor that I had already a profession.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In intelligent persons, certain brain regions are more strongly involved in the flow of information between brain regions, while other brain regions are less engaged.

(Smart People Have Better Connected Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Benzidine and its metabolic derivatives have been detected in the urine of workers exposed to direct Benzidine-based dyes and exposure is strongly associated with the occurrence of bladder cancer.

(Direct Brown 95, NCI Thesaurus)

Surprise, horror, and misery were strongly expressed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In addition, this agent is able to strongly bind to iron.

(PLED-based MnSOD Mimetic, NCI Thesaurus)

The OMT blue samples were strongly bactericidal against E. coli and S. epidermidis.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)