† unmightlyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Weakly, ineffectually.
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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 366 On-myghtly [?a1475 Winch. on-myhtyly], inpotenter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adv.1440- to keep one's house
- to keep one's legs
- to keep one's luff
- to keep one's maidenhead
- to keep one's mansion
- to keep one's marriage
- to keep one's maundy
- to keep one's mind on
- to keep one's mouth shut
- to keep one's name on the boards
- to keep one's nose clean
- to keep one's nose out
- to keep one's nose to the grindstone
- to keep one's options open
- to keep one's own
- to keep one's own counsel
- to keep one's pants on
- to keep one's peace
- to keep one's pecker up
- to keep one's place
- to keep one's powder dry
- to keep one's put good
- to keep one's residence
- to keep one's room
- to keep one's seat