# strongly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈstɹɔŋli/ · frequency rank #3,197

## Definitions
1. In a strong or powerful manner.
2. Very much.

## Etymology
From Middle English strongliche, strangliche, from Old English stranglīċe (“strongly”), equivalent to strong + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strong-vs-strongly)
- **stronger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stronger-vs-strongly)
- **strangle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strangle-vs-strongly)
- **strangely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strangely-vs-strongly)

## Common misspellings (14)
`srtongly`, `sstrongly`, `storngly`, `strnogly`, `strognly`, `stronggly`, `stronglly`, `stronglyy`, `strongyl`, `stronlgy`, `stronngly`, `strrongly`, `sttrongly`, `tsrongly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/strongly