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Meaning of powerful

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  powerful
      adv 1: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree;
             "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is
             powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they
             have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" [syn:
             {mighty}, {mightily}, {powerful}, {right}]
      adj 1: having great power or force or potency or effect; "the
             most powerful government in western Europe"; "his
             powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful
             kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" [ant:
             {powerless}]
      2: strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"
         [syn: {knock-down(a)}, {powerful}]
      3: having great influence [syn: {potent}, {powerful}]
      4: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged
         and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer";
         "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular},
         {powerful}, {sinewy}]
      5: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean
         exertions" [syn: {herculean}, {powerful}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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