Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a potent manner; with potency; powerfully; with great energy or force.
- Hence, extremely; emphatically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
potent manner;powerfully .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a manner having a powerful influence
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word potently.
Examples
-
I can _swear_ in German potently, when I like -- 'Sacrament -- Verfluchter -- Hundsfott' -- and so forth; but I have little of their less energetic conversation.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
-
I can swear in German potently, when I like ” 'Sacrament ” Verfluchter ” Hundsfott' ” and so forth; but I have little of their less energetic conversation.
Life of Lord Byron With His Letters And Journals Byron, George G 1854
-
When Mrs Thatcher finally shuffles off we can only imagine what kind of potently mixed obituaries will surface.
Archive 2006-01-01 Alistair Myles 2006
-
When Mrs Thatcher finally shuffles off we can only imagine what kind of potently mixed obituaries will surface.
Who's left? Alistair Myles 2006
-
In 2005, Rebar, an arts collective in San Francisco, potently employed a set of parentheses to inaugurate PARKing Day, an annual event inviting the public to set up enjoyable miniature parks within metered parking spaces.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
In 2005, Rebar, an arts collective in San Francisco, potently employed a set of parentheses to inaugurate PARKing Day, an annual event inviting the public to set up enjoyable miniature parks within metered parking spaces.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Some of this demand is coming from overseas, which means loose money at home is potently combining with foreign liquidity.
-
It is a gigantic object lesson, and it preaches his political economy far more potently than he can preach it.
-
Door, other forces are none the less potently at work.
-
Here Pakhtunwali, the ancient code that guides its numerous Pashtun tribes, potently mixes with ultra-orthodox Islam and perverse interests of various states.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.