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Definition of Forceful

1. Adjective. Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical). "A forceful plan for peace"

2. Adjective. Forceful and definite in expression or action. "The document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"

Definition of Forceful

1. a. Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

Definition of Forceful

1. Adjective. With assertive force; powerful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forceful

1. strong [adj] - See also: strong

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forceful

forced laborer forced laborers forced labour forced landing forced march forced out forced respiration forced rhyme forced rhymes forced sale

forced vital capacity forcedly forcedness forcefield forcefields forceful (current term) forcefull forcefully forcefulness forcefulnesses

forceless forcemeat forcemeats forcement forcené forceout forceouts forceps forceps anterior forceps delivery

Literary usage of Forceful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"The question is when, where, and how should individual nations and global and regional organizations be willing to apply forceful measures to curb incipient ..."

2. Inductive Sociology: A Syllabus of Methods, Analyses and Classifications by Franklin Henry Giddings (1901)
"The four types of character are the forceful, the Convivial, ... The forceful.—This is the type of character in which are emphasized the qualities of ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Fowler 1926 sprang to the defense of forcible. calling it “the ordinary word” and saying that forceful was reserved for poetic and other special contexts. ..."

4. Elementary English Spoken and Written by Lamont Foster Hodge, Arthur Lee (1921)
"MAKING SENTENCES forceful; CONDENSATION The most important rule for writing forceful sentences is the following: Plan carefully just what you want to say; ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... and JEF Sander (qv), careful in the exegesis of his text, rather learned than forceful. Also Biblical in his basis School. ..."

6. History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1913)
"And why should he not have become by this time a forceful writer on American political topics? His career, we should recall, had been long and eminent as a ..."

7. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"He is a forceful speaker, and many of his public addresses have been printed in pamphlet form, such as "The Employer and Trades' Unions" (1904); ..."

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