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Forceful vs Stately - What's the difference?

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Forceful is a related term of stately.


As adjectives the difference between forceful and stately

is that forceful is with assertive force; powerful while stately is of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.

As an adverb stately is

in a stately manner.

forceful

English

Alternative forms

* forcefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • With assertive force; powerful.

    • Related terms

    * forcefully (adverb)

    Antonyms

    * gentle

    stately

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  • Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
  • * 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
    • And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
  • Imposing; grand, impressive.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a stately manner.