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forcefulness

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force·ful  (fôrsfl, frs-)
adj.
Characterized by or full of force; effective: was persuaded by the forceful speaker to register to vote; enacted forceful measures to reduce drug abuse.
forceful·ly adv.
forceful·ness n.
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Noun1.forcefulness - physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
force, strength
brunt - main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"
momentum, impulse - an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"
vigor, vigour, energy, zip - forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
intensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense
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Dryden's vigorous instincts largely saved him from this fault; by skilful variations in accents and pauses and by terse forcefulness of expression he gave the couplet firmness as well as smoothness.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
But Saxon had no eyes for the love-making, the pleading forcefulness, the shy reluctance, of man and maid.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
And the fish-like shoal of great airships hovering light and sunlit above, filling the sky, seemed equally remote from the ugly forcefulness of war.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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