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strongly

/ˈstɹɔːŋli/STRAWNG-lee
/ˈstɹɔŋli/STRAWNG-lee

Meaningin a strong way

Common meaning: with great power or feeling

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*starg-‘to stretch tight’source
  2. Old Englishstrang‘strong’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishstrongsource
  4. Englishstrong‘powerful’
  5. Englishformed in English from strongstrongly‘with great power or feeling’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from strong + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STRONG, p.603 · scan

Source words

  • strang Old English · source word “strong”

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