adverb
- In a powerful manner.
- usage: "the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist"
- synonyms: strongly
- In a manner having a powerful influence.
- usage: "Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind"
- synonyms: potently
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