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powerful adjective Extreme, great.

1831 McLean Diary (March 27) a powerfull Runn of Shoogar. 1866 Chapman CW Letters (Jan 1) the gals in this country was powerful Rebs but now they are all good union gals. 1933 Carpenter Sthn Mt Dialect 23 Powerful for QUITE A QUANTITY or BIG is heard in northern and central West Virginia, while in the southern West Virginia and farther south the expression is most often right smart. 1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 13 I had a powerful hurting in my chest.