adjective
- Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical. )
- usage: "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace"
- Forceful and definite in expression or action.
- usage: "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
- synonyms: emphatic
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