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adverbin a mighty manner; powerfully or vigorously. to a great extent or degree; very much: to desire something mightily. Origin of mightilybefore 900; Middle English; Old English mihtiglīce.See mighty, -ly Words nearby mightilyMifune, mig, migas, miggle, might, mightily, might makes right, mightn't, mighty, migmatite, mignon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mightilyThe music sometimes sounding like the exorcism of a multitude of demons, each one of whom was mightily resisting his expulsion. The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Squandered no matter how hard we try, how mightily we labor for special attention. From Smarm To Snark, We’re All Soldiers In The War On Obscurity|James Poulos|December 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST He was understanding, he was helpful, he listened to them, and he encouraged them mightily in all their pursuits. Murder, Sex, and the Writing Life: Norman Mailer’s Biography|Ronald K. Fried|November 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST There are also hawks in his own party who would welcome the domestic cuts, but mightily resist the defense ones. Obama Realigns, the GOP Declines: The New Political Paradigm|Robert Shrum|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The center that Yachimovich wooed so mightily, and at the cost of alienating long-time leftists, went to Lapid. The Knesset's New Faces|Don Futterman|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST If this be true, said Arthur, it were great shame unto mine estate but that he were mightily withstood. Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II)|Thomas Malory The captain is mightily strengthened by this marriage of his da'ter with colonel Beekman, that's sartain. Wyandotte|James Fenimore Cooper Zoeth was mightily pleased and Mary-'Gusta was happy because he was. Mary-'Gusta|Joseph C. Lincoln All that followed, and which the boys could see through the lighted windows of the room interested them mightily. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley|H. Irving Hancock Now sir, will you not acknowledge that I have mightily advanc'd your practice? Beaumont and Fletcher's Works (9 of 10)|Francis Beaumont
British Dictionary definitions for mightily
adverbto a great extent, amount, or degree with might; powerfully or vigorously Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mightilyintensely, greatly, hugely, strongly, strenuously, vigorously, energetically, lustily, mighty, decidedly, exceedingly, highly, notably, very, surpassingly, arduously, forcibly, hard, hardly, laboriously |