formidably

formidable | American Dictionary

formidable
adjective
us/ˈfɔr·mɪ·də·bəl, fɔrˈmɪd·ə-, fərˈmɪd-/
strong and powerful, and therefore difficult to deal with if opposed to you:
There were formidable obstacles to reaching an early settlement of the dispute.

Examples of formidable

formidable
All good protagonists require a formidable foe, and the foe of modern portfolio theory is behavioral finance.
The task was formidable but has been undertaken successfully.
The excuse for not providing any proof is the usual one of the "formidable" difficulty of the formalism of matrix mechanics.
He scoffs at the effrontery of the bridal party, whose members put up a formidable show of might, as if they were military guards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this volume's reach is both its greatest strength and its most formidable challenge.
The formidable structures of the functional systems are stepwise unwrapped, and the text is complemented with selfexplanatory drawings, which are themselves inviting for model studies.
The organization's network of local voluntary workers and small core of full-time trained personnel accumulated a formidable body of information.
Although this analysis leaves little ground for claiming a bilingual superiority in an important developmental ability, it isolates nonetheless a formidable advantage in cognitive processing.
In almost all cases, the undermined cap rock has collapsed, which presented a formidable risk factor in antiquity and has deterred us from further testing.
It also included some of the bestinformed specialists in the world, a formidable group to be entertained and flattered as well as informed.
These conditions, if not sufficiently addressed, could pose formidable barriers to the success of interventions designed to enhance spirituality at the end of life.
This formidable two-volume set concerned with the scientific foundations of die heart and vessels is, ostensibly, a second edition.
This formidable two-volume set concerned with the scientific foundations of the heart and vessels is, ostensibly, a second edition.
But the practice of science and the cultural environment in which it flourished presented formidable obstacles to the realization of this endeavor.
The last two points, however, present formidable methodological challenges to method developers.
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