strongly
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Definition of strongly
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Synonyms & Antonyms for strongly
Synonyms
dynamically, energetically, explosively, firmly, forcefully, forcibly, hard, mightily, muscularly, powerfully, roundly, stiffly, stoutly, strenuously, sturdily, vigorously
Antonyms
feebly, gently, softly, weakly
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His first release for Capitol provided Campbell with another minor pop entry, but when subsequent singles failed to chart, Capitol strongly considered dropping him from the label. — Longreads, "The Story of Country Music’s Great Songwriting Duo," 3 Sep. 2019 While questions sent to Lebanon’s UN mission were not answered, Ambassador Amal Mudallali told the Security Council last week that her country strongly supports UNIFIL and is fully committed to the implementation of resolution 1701. — Fox News, "UN peacekeeping patrol filmed coming under attack by Hezbollah in Lebanon," 29 Aug. 2019 As President Trump and China escalate their trade war, there is a tariff champion in the White House that strongly supports this kind of approach. — Bob Sellers, Fortune, "Tariff Man: Behind Trump Economic Advisor Peter Navarro’s Long Quest to Ratchet Up the Trade War With China," 27 Aug. 2019 Arpaio's opponents are likely to include Jerry Sheridan, who strongly supported Arpaio as his chief deputy for the last six years Arpaio was sheriff. — Alex Johnson, NBC News, "Ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by Trump, wants his old job back," 26 Aug. 2019 Black strongly encourages people to buy bicycles from bicycle shops rather than from toy stores or department stores. — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Cyclists, motorists encouraged to ‘share the road’ after series of recent serious collisions," 26 Aug. 2019 The trend pendulum usually swings pretty strongly from one direction to another. — Glamour, "Ready or Not: You’re Going to See a Lot of Clogs This Fall," 22 Aug. 2019 Whether Robart accepts that premise — which is strongly opposed by the city’s Community Police Commission (CPC) and others as unnecessary and redundant in light of years of local reform work — remains to be seen. — Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times, "Mayor Durkan agrees to make Seattle police-accountability reforms ‘top priorities’ — but not right away," 16 Aug. 2019 However, this story strongly contradicts other reports from across Europe that state Paulo Dybala is PSG's number one target to replace Neymar. — SI.com, "PSG Ready Surprise £100m Bid for Wilfried Zaha as Direct Replacement for Neymar," 25 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'strongly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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