单词 | strongly |
释义 | strongly (once / 159 pages) adv The adverb strongly is useful for describing something that's done powerfully or forcefully. When a teacher speaks strongly, the class pays attention. If your parents strongly advise you not to borrow their car unless it's an emergency, they really mean it. When your friend says that she strongly dislikes roller coasters, it means she would not enjoy a surprise trip to an amusement park as a birthday present. Strongly means "with strength," and it comes from the adjective strong, with its Old English root word, strang, "physically powerful, forceful, or severe." WORD FAMILYstrong: stronger, strongest, strongly USAGE EXAMPLESBecause metabolic activity is strongly dependent on tissue temperature, RMR will therefore fall even more. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Groups like the Clean Air Task Force favor it strongly. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) But legal filings strongly suggest a split with his court-appointed defenders about whether to argue that his rampage resulted from mental illness. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adv with strength or in a strong manner argues very strongly for his proposal he was strongly opposed to the government Ant weakly in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree 2adv in a powerful manner Syn powerfully |
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