单词 | almightily |
释义 | almightilyadv. 1. With great strength, vigour, or power; employing or embodying superhuman or divine power. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > with vigour or intensity of operation or effect swithlyc888 mightilyeOE strongeOE fastlyOE stronglyOE smartlyc1225 smartc1300 mightlya1393 freshlyc1425 almightily1609 feckfullya1614 shrewly1707 vivaciouslya1711 keenly1837 drivingly1842 drastically1850 incisively1871 1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. H3v Hold thee, by Faith almightily content. a1650 P. Fletcher Father's Test. (1670) 99 It is a working beauty, mightily, almightily working on every object that looks upon it. 1745 J. Du Pont Insolent Invasion of Senacherib 23 God alone,..tho' almightily sufficient to perform our Deliverance by himself, cannot..be expected to be at the Expence of a Miracle to save us. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 200 Elements of immortality; As mind on earth almightily beseems. 1875 Fortn. Rev. 1 Jan. 93 And now we see him..laying down almightily a programme for his closing years. 1922 R. M. Downie Marriage of Dawn 17 Some One whose will gave birth to mine..Who called to me, almightily, [etc.]. 2010 Irish Independent (Nexis) 10 Apr. The swarms of flying ants descended, thunder clapped almightily and the heavens opened. 2. To a high degree, to a great extent; greatly, very much. Now chiefly colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1612 I. M. tr. Most Famous Hist. Meruine xxvii. 169 He was almightily displeased, and with a fierie countenaunce of anger, told them, it should not be as they had deemed. 1839 Knickerbocker July 21 You don't expect me to climb up to the top of that crittur, do you?—'cause if you do, you're almightily mistaken. 1889 Belford's Mag. Feb. 395 You know I want the lease of that lower farm, but you don't know how almightily much I want it. 1911 Country Life Amer. 15 Sept. 42/2 We want good amateur motor boating pictures almightily. 1958 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 16 Apr. c3 Research and development for space travel is almightily expensive. 2007 N. Stone King of Swords (2009) 170 He started heading towards his desk and saw Joe..looking right at him with an almightily pissed-off expression. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1609 |
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