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# forcefully

«forcefully» in Mova's school dictionary: **with a lot of strength or power** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Forcefully means with a lot of strength or power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#m1)

2) In a strong, confident way that makes people listen: «she argued forcefully». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, sport and descriptions of how people speak or act. Phrases: «speak forcefully», «push forcefully», «argue forcefully». It tells the reader an action was strong or determined.

### examples

- He knocked forcefully on the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#x1)
- She argued forcefully that the rule was unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#x2)
- The wind blew forcefully against the windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#x3)
- Push the lever forcefully to open the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#x4)
- The captain spoke forcefully to the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#x5)
- The ball was kicked forcefully into the net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forcefully/#x6)

### note

Adverb of «forceful». Double l: forcefully. Similar: «forcibly» means using force against someone's will (forcibly removed), which is different.

### Trees and pragmatics

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