Powerfully vs Heavily - What's the difference?
powerfully | heavily | Related terms |
In a powerful manner.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool
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In a heavy manner.
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, chapter=5, title= With a great weight.
To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
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*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
In a manner designed for heavy duty.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 So as to be thick or heavy.
In a laboured manner.
Powerfully is a related term of heavily.
As adverbs the difference between powerfully and heavily
is that powerfully is in a powerful manner while heavily is in a heavy manner.powerfully
English
Alternative forms
* powrefully (obsolete)Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=Little had been seen of £35m man Carroll until just after the restart when he twice rose powerfully to meet corners, forcing Louis Saha to clear acrobatically off the line and Howard to save low at his post.}}
Synonyms
* forcefully, strongly, vigorouslyheavily
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Adverb
(en adverb)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}