Emily Dickinson Lexicon

strong (-er), adv. [see strong, adj.]

Unflinchingly; fearlessly; more courageously; with more gusto; with greater intent; with less hesitation; [adjectival complement] more intense in flavor; more bitter to the taste; more potent in content density, as with a beverage like coffee; [fig.] without shrinking, like Christ in Gethsemane.