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potently, adv.|ˈpəʊtəntlɪ| [f. potent a.1 + -ly2.] In a potent manner; powerfully, mightily.
1558Knox First Blast (Arb.) 38 With these women, I say, did God worke potentlie. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, v. i. 135 You are Potently oppos'd, and with a Malice Of as great Size. 1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xvii. 129 The Air having more room..does less potently press upon the subjacent Mercury. 1740Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 265 Idle tales, which they now potently believe. 1884W. S. Lilly in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 261 A new conception..destined most potently to influence the structure of society. |