English Explanatory Dictionary

mightly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
  2. Substantial; weighty; of import.
  3. Able; able to occur; possible.
adv
  1. Mightily.
  2. Very.

Pronunciation

mīt li /ˈmaɪt li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mightly.wav

Word forms

mightly more mightly most mightly

Etymology

From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilīkaz, *mahtulīkaz, equivalent to might + -ly. Cognate with Swedish maktlig (“powerful”).

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