"strongly" meaning in English

See strongly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈstɹɔŋli/ [General-American], /ˈstɹɒŋli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɹɑŋli/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-strongly.ogg [US] Forms: stronglier [comparative], more strongly [comparative], strongliest [superlative], most strongly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English strongliche, strangliche, from Old English stranglīċe (“strongly”), equivalent to strong + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|strongliche}} Middle English strongliche, {{inh|en|ang|stranglīċe|t=strongly}} Old English stranglīċe (“strongly”), {{af|en|strong|-ly|id2=adverbial}} strong + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er,more}} strongly (comparative stronglier or more strongly, superlative strongliest or most strongly)
  1. In a strong or powerful manner. Translations (in a strong or powerful manner): սաստիկ (sastik) (Armenian), силно (silno) (Bulgarian), fort de valent (Catalan), silně (Czech), виян (vijan) (Eastern Mari), tugevalt (Estonian), voimakkaasti (Finnish), voimallisesti (Finnish), kovasti (Finnish), rajusti (Finnish), rankasti (Finnish), suuresti (Finnish), fort (French), fortement (French), fortemente (Galician), gordo (Galician), ძლიერად (ʒlierad) (Georgian), ძლიერ (ʒlier) (Georgian), stark (German), erősen (Hungarian), fortemente (Interlingua), go láidir (Irish), fortemente (Italian), fermamente (Italian), fortiter (Latin), firmiter (Latin), ശക്തിയായി (śaktiyāyi) (Malayalam), chicauaztica (Nahuatl), silnie (Polish), mocno (Polish), puternic (Romanian), cu putere (Romanian), си́льно (sílʹno) (Russian), fuertemente (Spanish), starkt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-strongly-en-adv-RpJ4MOXF Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 44 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 48 40 Disambiguation of 'in a strong or powerful manner': 96 3 2
  2. Very much. Translations (very much): много (mnogo) (Bulgarian), força de valent (Catalan), Thesaurus:erittäin (Finnish), fortement (French), ძლიერ (ʒlier) (Georgian), határozottan (Hungarian), nyomatékosan (Hungarian), markánsan (Hungarian), erőteljesen (Hungarian), ampiamente (Italian), foarte (Romanian), tare (Romanian), си́льно (sílʹno) (Russian), encarecidamente (Spanish)
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  3. (mathematics) Fulfilling a stricter set of criteria. Translations (mathematics): vahvasti (Finnish), fortement (French)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: strongly connected, strongly connected component, strongly interacting massive particle, strongly symmetric matter, strongly-typed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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