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[ US /ˈpaʊɝfəɫ/ ]
[ UK /pˈa‍ʊəfə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having great power or force or potency or effect
    a powerful bomb
    the horse's powerful kick
    the most powerful government in western Europe
    powerful drugs
    a powerful argument
    his powerful arms
  2. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
    a muscular boxer
    powerful arms
    a hefty athlete
  3. displaying superhuman strength or power
    herculean exertions
  4. having great influence
  5. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
    a knock-down blow
ADVERB
  1. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
    it is powerful humid
    they have a right nice place
    that boy is powerful big now
    he's mighty tired
    the baby is mighty cute
    they rejoiced mightily

How To Use powerful In A Sentence

  • The Huilloc men are only a little taller than their womenfolk, with broad chests, powerful shoulders and heavily muscled legs.
  • For now, it's a relief to see that she is not included in Forbes magazine's recent list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
  • On the one hand, it was a powerful tool to enhance or sustain personal and corporate power, wealth, and status.
  • Having spent years working and living in London and across Eastern Europe, the solitude and beauty of the landscape offered a powerful draw.
  • He was a powerful monarch, -- so powerful that the Greeks, who had built cities all along the coast of Asia Minor, in the country called Ionia, never spoke of him except as "The Great King. The Story of the Greeks
  • The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
  • There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
  • I have not been a learner of foreign languages for any significant lengths of time to be able to introspect usefully for the benefit of your discussion, but I have noted how on those few occasions, the change of costumes and locale has a truly powerful effect on my motivation, my willingness to be playful and adventurous, to take risks and experiment with new or old-new phrases and words. I is for Identity « An A-Z of ELT
  • That provides a powerful financial incentive for banks to supply more credit. Times, Sunday Times
  • It has made it far harder for determined and powerful figures to control how people see events and that can only be a good thing.
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