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mightily

/ˈmaɪtɪli/ UK
/ˈmaɪtɪli/ US
[-ɾɪ-] US

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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).

adverb more mightily · most mightily

literary With much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength. The chivalrous knights entered the lists and fought mightily.
Similar: mightly, mighty, strongly, powerfully, vigorously
With much emotional, intellectual, or mental force or power; vehemently. Sir, I ſhal not be ſlacke, in ſigne vvhereof / Pleaſe ye vve may contriue this afternoone, / And quaffe carovvſes to our Miſtreſſe health, / And do as aduerſaries do in lavv, / Striue mightily, but eate and drinke as friends.
Similar: mightly
before an adjective or participial adjective Of a characteristic: provided or present to a powerful or strong extent. [A]lthough he vvas a man mightely friended, yet vvas he by a publike decree baniſhed into one of the Abſyrtides, iſlan ds vpon the coaſt of Libvrnia.
Similar: mightly
informal To a great extent; extremely, greatly. He sounded mightily proud of himself.
Similar: mightly, enormously, mighty, much, very much, acutely, awfully, almighty, badly, seriously, impossibly, beyond
obsolete Put in place through the use of force or power. [T]his group of the lion and the man [a sculpture] now bear an unfinished, unwrought appearance, but you cannot look at it a moment, and not instantly avow the majesty and grandeur of the idea that once lay there so mightily embodied.
Similar: mightly

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adv in a mighty manner

Español	fuertemente, poderosamente
Português	poderosamente
Deutsch	mächtig
עברית	ביד רמה b'yad ramah

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@misc{mightily_2026,
  title = {mightily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mightily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}