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forcefulness

forcefulness \forcefulness\ n. physical energy or intensity.

Syn: force, strength.

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forcefulness

n. The characteristic or quality of being forceful

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forcefulness

n. 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" [syn: force, strength]

Usage examples of "forcefulness".

I had Occasion to meet Hitler, so I know how plausible and even amiable he could be, like a gangster boss, he had all the forcefulness and cunning of a master criminal But that is not greatness in my book.

At any given time he had attached to his office the licenses of a half a dozen part-time sales associates, for the most part a downhearted bunch of losers who shared his aversion to debt and forcefulness.

Ken said savagely and then swore because he had inadvertently translated the forcefulness of speech into action and rubbed the rough toweling over a particularly raw place on the inside of his leg.