convincingly

C2+ Topic:Religion & Belief

US /kənˈvɪnsɪŋli/ UK /kənˈvɪnsɪŋli/ See IPA manual

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in a manner that compels belief or agreement

She argued so convincingly that even the skeptics nodded along.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner that compels... persuasively compellingly cogently plausibly credibly forcefully

Opposites

unconvincinglyimplausiblyfeebly

Word family

Related forms convince convincing convincement conviction

Etymology

From convincing (present participle of convince, from Latin convincere 'to prove, overcome', from con- intensive + vincere 'to conquer') plus the adverbial suffix -ly.

convincere Latin vincere Latin

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# convincingly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** kənˈvɪnsɪŋli
**IPA (UK):** kənˈvɪnsɪŋli

## Meanings
1. in a manner that compels belief or agreement

## Examples
- She argued so convincingly that even the skeptics nodded along.

## Synonyms
- persuasively
- compellingly
- cogently
- plausibly
- credibly
- forcefully

## Antonyms
- unconvincingly
- implausibly
- feebly

## Related Forms
- convince
- convincing
- convincement
- conviction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: convincere
- Root: vincere

## Etymology
From convincing (present participle of convince, from Latin convincere 'to prove, overcome', from con- intensive + vincere 'to conquer') plus the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
Convincingly is from convincing (present participle of convince, from Latin convincere 'to prove, overcome', from con- intensive + vincere 'to conquer') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. The ancestry passes through Latin convincere and Latin vincere. The prefix con- adds togetherness, combination, or intensification where the Latin formation gives it that value, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -ly forms an adverb or adjective from the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adverb, it means "in a manner that compels belief or agreement", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include convince, convincing, convincement, and conviction.

## Topics
- Religion & Belief
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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