Antonyms for powerfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pou-er-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpaʊ ər fəl


Definition of powerfulness

Origin :
  • c.1400, from power (n.) + -ful. Meaning "of great quality or number" is from 1811; colloquial sense of "exceedingly" (adv.) is from 1822. Related: Powerfully. Thornton ("American Glossary") notes powerful as "Much used by common people in the sense of very," along with monstrous and cites curious expressions such as devilish good, monstrous pretty (1799), dreadful polite, cruel pretty, abominable fine (1803), "or when a young lady admires a lap dog for being so vastly small and declares him prodigious handsome" (1799).
  • noun strength
Example sentences :
  • The powerfulness of the telescope depends on the size of the light-gatherer.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • The novel stirred me—not by its powerfulness, for it did not set out to be powerful—but by its individuality and distinction.
  • Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton
  • Humboldt remarks that a few drops of vegetable juice recall to our minds all the powerfulness and the fecundity of nature.
  • Extract from : « Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics » by Richard Folkard
  • A few drops of vegetable juice recall to our minds all the powerfulness and the fecundity of nature.
  • Extract from : « Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena » by H. J. Mozans
  • I know nothing like it either in strength of colouring or powerfulness of effect.
  • Extract from : « Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music » by Charles Gounod

Synonyms for powerfulness

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