cogentlyadv.
/ˈkəʊdʒəntli/ a. In a cogent manner; forcibly, convincingly.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adverb] > with strong reasons
strongly1395
pregnantlya1438
solidly1625
cogently1646
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb]
largec1405
sensibly?a1425
eloquently1471
fectuallyc1485
in largea1500
pithily1533
enforcingly1571
emphatically1577
nervously1641
sensible1659
nervosely1678
forcefullya1774
cogentlya1797
accentedly1856
tersely1874
1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 4 Not cogently conclusive.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) I. iv. 53 His thanks to the House..were shortly, but cogently, expressed.
1838 Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. I. 126/2 (note) That the notion of space is a necessary condition of thought..has been cogently demonstrated by Kant.
b. Rarely said of force applied to matter.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adverb] > with powerful force
cogently1849
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria ii. 34 Had not the rocks..been cogently affected.
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