mightly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪt li/
adj
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”).
- Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
“King Haco would have ſtay'd, notwithstanding the mightly Power he had to encounter, […]”
“[…] and the mightly arm of Alcher ſent him like a lion howling among the members of the dead.”
- Substantial; weighty; of import.
“In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]”
“Mightly indeed must be the Titanic current of that soul which could receive one whole human, full of thoughts, affections, and emotions, into its tide and yet remain uncoloured and unchanged.”
- Able; able to occur; possible.
adv
Etymology: From Middle English myghtely, myȝtly, from Old English mihtlīċe, equivalent to might + -ly.
- Mightily.
- Very.
“"[...] Must have been mightly well corked." "With every possible care, probably. [...]"”
“We need the best material possible, and I believe we have some mightly good material at the present time.”