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mightily

adv
/ˈmaɪtɪli/UK/ˈmaɪtɪli/US

Etymology

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).

  1. inherited from *megʰ-✻ — “to be able”
  2. inherited from *mahtīgaz✻ — “mighty”
  3. inherited from meahtiglice — “with might, powerfully, mightily”
  4. inherited from mightili — “with might, powerfully, strongly; forcefully, violently; greatly; etc.”

Definitions

  1. In a mighty manner.

    • The chivalrous knights entered the lists and fought mightily.
    • [A] spirit as of prophecy had come upon him, constraining him to its purpose as mightily as the old prophets of Israel were constrained; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA