powerful
♦♦ pow|er|ful /p'aʊərfʊl/
1 [ADJ]
A powerful person or organization is able to control or influence people and events.
You're a powerful man-people will listen to you.
...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries.
see also all-powerful
2 [ADJ]
You say that someone's body is powerful when it is physically strong.
Hans flexed his powerful muscles...
● powerfully [ADV] ADV with v
He is described as a strong, powerfully-built man of 60...
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A powerful machine or substance is effective because it is very strong.
...powerful computer systems...
Alcohol is also a powerful and fast-acting drug.
● powerfully [ADV] ADV adj
Crack is a much cheaper, smokable form of cocaine which is powerfully addictive.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A powerful smell is very strong.
There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
= strong
● powerfully [ADV] ADV after v
The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains.
5 [ADJ]
A powerful voice is loud and can be heard from a long way away.
At that moment Mrs. Jones's powerful voice interrupted them, announcing a visitor.
= loud
6 [ADJ]
You describe a piece of writing, speech, or work of art as powerful when it has a strong effect on people's feelings or beliefs.
...Bleasdale's powerful 11-part drama about a corrupt city leader.
● powerfully [ADV] ADV -ed, ADV after v
It's a play-painful, funny and powerfully acted.
1 [ADJ]
A powerful person or organization is able to control or influence people and events.
You're a powerful man-people will listen to you.
...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries.
see also all-powerful
2 [ADJ]
You say that someone's body is powerful when it is physically strong.
Hans flexed his powerful muscles...
● powerfully [ADV] ADV with v
He is described as a strong, powerfully-built man of 60...
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A powerful machine or substance is effective because it is very strong.
...powerful computer systems...
Alcohol is also a powerful and fast-acting drug.
● powerfully [ADV] ADV adj
Crack is a much cheaper, smokable form of cocaine which is powerfully addictive.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A powerful smell is very strong.
There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
= strong
● powerfully [ADV] ADV after v
The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains.
5 [ADJ]
A powerful voice is loud and can be heard from a long way away.
At that moment Mrs. Jones's powerful voice interrupted them, announcing a visitor.
= loud
6 [ADJ]
You describe a piece of writing, speech, or work of art as powerful when it has a strong effect on people's feelings or beliefs.
...Bleasdale's powerful 11-part drama about a corrupt city leader.
● powerfully [ADV] ADV -ed, ADV after v
It's a play-painful, funny and powerfully acted.