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† ˈmightly, adv. Obs.
In 1 meahte-, mihte-, mihtlíce; for later forms see might n. and -ly2.
[OE. mihtelíce, app. a var. of mihtiᵹlíce mightily; for the form cf. cræftelíce, hęfelíce, grǽdelíce, ᵹeþyldelíce.]
= mightily in various senses.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xix. [xxi.] (1890) 468 Mid þam he ðy mihtlicor wiðscufan mihte. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 108 Sæ oncneow ða Cristofer hyre yða mihtelice eode. a1300Cursor M. 17267 Þou spede me, lauerd! for-to spell Hu mighteli þou harud hell. 1390Gower Conf. III. 92 This soubtil water myhtely,..The strengthe of therthe perceth ofte. c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xv, It is þe best hounde..forto take alle manere of beestes and holde myghtliche. 1420–22Lydg. Thebes i. in Chaucer's Wks. (1561) 363/2 A porche, bilte of square stones Ful mightely. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxix. 241 That he myght the myȝtloker fyght and defende the reame. 1526Tindale Rom. viii. 26 The Sprete maketh intercession mightely for us. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. i. 4 Whereby the Christian faith is so greatly increased..and the royall house of Portingale so mightely honoured. 1610Bible (Douay) Wisd. viii. 1 She reacheth therfore from end vnto end mightely, and disposeth al thinges swetely. 1744Col. Rec. Pennsylv. IV. 707 Finding what friendship subsisted between us and the Dutch, he approved it mightly. |