FromMiddle Englishstrongliche,strangliche, fromOld Englishstranglīċe(“strongly”), equivalent tostrong +-ly.
strongly (comparativestronglierormorestrongly,superlativestrongliestormoststrongly)
- In astrong or powerful manner.
In the third race, Renowned Blaze finishedstrongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.
- Very much.
His reply wasstrongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.
1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed morestrongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
in a strong or powerful manner
