strongly

From Middle English strongliche, strangliche, from Old English stranglīċe (“strongly”), equivalent to strong +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɹɔŋli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɹɒŋli/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /stɹɑŋli/

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• Hyphenation: strong‧ly

strongly (comparative stronglier or more strongly, superlative strongliest or most strongly)

1. In a strong or powerful manner.

   In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.

2. Very much.

   His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

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