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Powerful

//ˈpaʊəfl̩// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.

    "The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities."

  2. 2
    Leading to many or important deductions.

    "a powerful set of postulates"

  3. 3
    Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
  4. 4
    Being a powerful number. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    displaying superhuman strength or power wordnet
  2. 2
    having great power or force or potency or effect wordnet
  3. 3
    having great influence wordnet
  4. 4
    (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful wordnet
  5. 5
    strong enough to knock down or overwhelm wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    very; extremely Southern-US, archaic, dialectal

    ""She was stinkin' hot down here that summer, an' we were powerful dry.""

Adverb
  1. 1
    (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.

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