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
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shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass
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That's because Iran's theocratic regime has forcefully suppressed the project and persecuted Rasoulof, a vocal critic of the country's repressive government.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
The stakes are low, in the grand scheme of things, but not to the people involved in them, and especially not to Lizzy (Michelle Williams), a forcefully stubborn sculptor attempting to finish a new batch of pieces amid intense external pressures and annoyances.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
During his speech at the Capitol One Arena, Musk twice put his hand over his heart and then forcefully raised it diagonally over his head in a gesture some online observers said resembled a Nazi salute.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2025
Chuck Lehmann, Delray Beach ‘Raise your right hand … ‘
Why would our own Justice Department allow any president to break the law, particularly one forcefully spelled out in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
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Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
The stakes are low, in the grand scheme of things, but not to the people involved in them, and especially not to Lizzy (Michelle Williams), a forcefully stubborn sculptor attempting to finish a new batch of pieces amid intense external pressures and annoyances.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
During his speech at the Capitol One Arena, Musk twice put his hand over his heart and then forcefully raised it diagonally over his head in a gesture some online observers said resembled a Nazi salute.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2025
Chuck Lehmann, Delray Beach ‘Raise your right hand … ‘
Why would our own Justice Department allow any president to break the law, particularly one forcefully spelled out in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Forcefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forcefully. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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