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adv
In a mighty manner.
With much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
Synonyms: mightly, mighty, strongly, powerfully, vigorously
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In a mighty manner.
With much emotional, intellectual, or mental force or power; vehemently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mightly
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In a mighty manner.
Of a characteristic: provided or present to a powerful or strong extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mightly
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In a mighty manner.
To a great extent; extremely, greatly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Synonyms: mightly, enormously, mighty, 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, bone, 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, strongly, swith, truly, vastly, very, way, way too, wickedly
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In a mighty manner.
Put in place through the use of force or power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mightly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mighty, powerful, right
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
powerfully or vigorously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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).
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