forcefully

adverb

force·​ful·​ly ˈfȯrs-fə-lē 

: in a forceful, powerful, or emphatic manner

speaking forcefully

pushing forcefully through the crowd

She forcefully denied the charges.

Congestive heart failure develops when the heart becomes too weak to pump forcefully enough.

—Paul G. Donohue

Our child's disability forcefully reminds us of what really matters in life.

—Barbara Gill

Synonyms

• dynamically
• energetically
• explosively
• firmly
• forcibly
• hard
• mightily
• muscularly
• powerfully
• roundly
• stiffly
• stoutly
• strenuously
• strongly
• sturdily
• vigorously

Examples of forcefully in a Sentence

shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass

Recent Examples on the Web

Body camera video shows an Oklahoma City police officer forcefully taking down and handcuffing a 71-year-old driver after a traffic stop last month. —Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024

There was some disagreement over how forcefully the victim contacted Morrow’s car during the incident. —Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024

The olive branch offered by the hemp industry was forcefully rejected by the MSOs. —Robert Hoban, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

Cambodia’s attempt to clean up the Angkor Archaeological Park, however, recently came under international scrutiny, reports Newsweek’s Shannon McDonagh, when the government forcefully relocated over 10,000 families away from the site in 2022. —Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1663, in the meaning defined above