| Meaning | Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical). |
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| Examples | - "a forceful speaker"
- "a forceful personality"
- "forceful measures"
- "a forceful plan for peace"
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| Narrower | bruising | brutally forceful and compelling |
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| drastic | forceful and extreme / extreme and rigorous |
| emphatic, exclamatory | sudden and strong |
| firm, strong | Strong and sure |
| forcible, physical, strong-arm | impelled by physical force especially against resistance |
| impellent | Forcing forward or onward |
| impetuous | marked by violent force |
| sharp | Quick and forceful |
| Opposite | forceless, unforceful | lacking force |
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| Spanish | enérgico, vigoroso |
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| Nouns | forcefulness | physical energy or intensity |
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| Adverbs | forcefully | with full force |
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