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mightly¹

  • /ˈmaɪt li/

Where it comes from

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”).

adjective more mightly · most mightly

  1. Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful. King Haco would have ſtay'd, notwithstanding the mightly Power he had to encounter, […]
  2. Substantial; weighty; of import. In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]
  3. Able; able to occur; possible.

mightly²

Where it comes from

From Middle English myghtely, myȝtly, from Old English mihtlīċe, equivalent to might + -ly.

adverb more mightly · most mightly

  1. Mightily.
  2. Very. "[...] Must have been mightly well corked." "With every possible care, probably. [...]"

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@misc{mightly_2026,
  title = {mightly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mightly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}