- 1(of people) expressing opinions firmly and clearly in a way that persuades other people to believe them synonym assertive a forceful woman/speaker a forceful personality
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- 2(of opinions, etc.) expressed firmly and clearly so that other people believe them a forceful argument/speech
- 3using force the forceful suppression of minorities force noun verbforceful adjectiveforcefully adverbforced adjective (≠unforced)forcible adjectiveforcibly adverbenforce verb
NAmE//ˈfɔrsfəli//
adverb He argued his case forcefully. noun [uncountable]See forceful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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