English Explanatory Dictionary

mightily

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a mighty manner.
  2. With much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.
  3. With much emotional, intellectual, or mental force or power; vehemently.
  4. Of a characteristic: provided or present to a powerful or strong extent.
  5. To a great extent; extremely, greatly.
  6. Put in place through the use of force or power.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪtɪli/ [-ɾɪ-] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mightily.wav En-us-mightily.ogg

Word forms

mightily more mightily most mightily

Etymology

From Middle English mightili (“with might, powerfully, strongly; forcefully, violently; greatly; etc.”), from Old English meahtiglice (“with might, powerfully, mightily”), from meahtiġ, mihtiġ (“powerful, mighty”) + -līċe (suffix forming adverbs). Mihtiġ is derived from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), from *mahtiz (“force, strength; ability, power”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”)) + *-gaz (suffix with the sense ‘being; doing; having’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, mighty + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).

Synonyms

mightly mighty strongly powerfully vigorously enormously much very much acutely awfully almighty badly beyond damn drastically exceedingly extraordinarily highly hugely immensely indecently insanely intensely jolly mightily murrain severely strikingly terribly violently wicked wildly above a bit absolutely sorely abundantly all too but good completely eminently ever so excessively extremely flipping freaking fucking greatly in spades main passing positively pretty quite really right simply somewhat sore specially swith

Related words

might mightly

Translations

Bulgarian: мощно Estonian: vägevalt Estonian: võimsalt Finnish: mahtavasti German: mächtig Hebrew: ביד רמה Latin: potenter Portuguese: poderosamente Spanish: fuertemente Spanish: poderosamente
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