Dictionary

strongly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɹɔŋli/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈstɹɒŋli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈstɹɑŋli/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. In a strong or powerful manner.
   • The Pope feels strongly about the need for both sides of the armed conflict to return to the negotiating table.
   • In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.
2. Very much.
   • 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. 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:
   • I overrode Fauci on this. His ideas were CRAZY! Also, I said from the beginning that the Virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China. Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China. 2026 July 29, Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026:
   • His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.
   • As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump. 2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN:
3. Fulfilling a stricter set of criteria.

Forms

Antonyms

weakly

Deriveds

strongly connected · strongly-typed · strongly connected component · strongly symmetric matter · strongly interacting massive particle

Translations (51)

nah chicauaztica (in a strong or powerful manner) · fi Thesaurus:erittäin (very much) · pl silnie (in a strong or powerful manner) · ro foarte (very much) · fi rankasti (in a strong or powerful manner) · ka ძლიერ (in a strong or powerful manner) · ca fort de valent (in a strong or powerful manner) · it fortemente (in a strong or powerful manner) · fr fortement (in a strong or powerful manner) · ca força de valent (very much) · hu erőteljesen (very much) · hy սաստիկ (in a strong or powerful manner) · gl fortemente (in a strong or powerful manner) · et tugevalt (in a strong or powerful manner) · ru си́льно (very much) · fi kovasti (in a strong or powerful manner) · fr fort (in a strong or powerful manner) · fi suuresti (in a strong or powerful manner) · ro tare (very much) · ia fortemente (in a strong or powerful manner) · hu nyomatékosan (very much) · bg много (very much) · la firmiter (in a strong or powerful manner) · it fermamente (in a strong or powerful manner) · ml ശക്തിയായി (in a strong or powerful manner) · sv starkt (in a strong or powerful manner) · cs silně (in a strong or powerful manner) · ro puternic (in a strong or powerful manner) · ka ძლიერად (in a strong or powerful manner) · hu markánsan (very much) · fi vahvasti (mathematics) · fr fortement (mathematics) · fi voimallisesti (in a strong or powerful manner) · it ampiamente (very much) · hu határozottan (very much) · hu erősen (in a strong or powerful manner) · es fuertemente (in a strong or powerful manner) · es encarecidamente (very much) · ro cu putere (in a strong or powerful manner) · fi rajusti (in a strong or powerful manner) · ka ძლიერ (very much) · pl mocno (in a strong or powerful manner) · de stark (in a strong or powerful manner) · fi voimakkaasti (in a strong or powerful manner) · ga go láidir (in a strong or powerful manner) · ru си́льно (in a strong or powerful manner) · mhr виян (in a strong or powerful manner) · gl gordo (in a strong or powerful manner) · bg силно (in a strong or powerful manner) · la fortiter (in a strong or powerful manner) · fr fortement (very much)