Sekirov Dictionary

powerful

UK /ˈpaʊəfl̩/US /ˈpaʊɚfl̩/

adjective 4
adverb 1
forms 6

adjective4

•
strong and important enough to decide what other people do or what happens
- The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. — 1591
•
Leading to many or important deductions.
- a powerful set of postulates
Being a powerful number.
Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

adverb1

•
(dialect, no longer used) very; extremely
- Above all, she remembered that first time in the Houmfor where her black nurse had once taken her as a child. 'It do yuh no harm, Missy. Dis powerful good juju. Care fe yuh res 'f yo life.' — 1954

forms

more powerful · powerfuler · powerfuller · most powerful · powerfulest · powerfullest

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