From Middle English strongliche, strangliche, from Old English stranglīċe, equivalent to strong + -ly.

• (America) IPA: /stɹɔŋli/
• (RP) IPA: /stɹɒŋli/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /stɹɑŋli/

strongly (comparative stronglier, superlative strongliest)

1. In a strong or powerful manner.

   In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.

2. Very much.

   His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

• French: fort, fortement
• German: stark
• Italian: fortemente, fermamente
• Russian: си́льно
• Spanish: fuertemente

• French: fortement
• Italian: ampiamente
• Russian: си́льно