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# convincingly

«convincingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that makes people believe something is true or real** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (convincingly, more convincingly, most convincingly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Convincingly means in a way that makes people believe something is true or real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#m1)

2) Convincingly also means clearly and with a big difference: «won convincingly». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In drama and stories: an actor plays a part convincingly. In persuasive writing pupils argue convincingly. In sports reports: the team won convincingly. Phrases: «argue convincingly», «win convincingly».

### examples

- She argued convincingly for a longer break time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#x1)
- He acted the part of the wolf very convincingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#x2)
- Our team won convincingly, 6–1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#x3)
- The robot moved convincingly like a real dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#x4)
- Write convincingly, with good reasons and examples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#x5)
- He lied so convincingly that we almost believed him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/#x6)

### note

Adjective: «convincing»; verb: «convince». Opposite: «unconvincingly». Trap: something said convincingly is not always true.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «convincingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.