mightily

CEFRB2

/ˈmaɪtɪli/

adverb

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  1. 01

    adverb

    With great strength, force, or effort.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    In a mighty manner.

Examples

  • He strove mightily to overcome his addiction to heroin.

  • The chivalrous knights entered the lists and fought mightily.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. With much emotional, intellectual, or mental force or power; vehemently.

  2. With much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.

  3. Of a characteristic: provided or present to a powerful or strong extent.

More examples

In context

  • He sounded mightily proud of himself.

  • [A] spirit as of prophecy had come upon him, constraining him to its purpose as mightily as the old prophets of Israel were constrained; […]

  • Time, O mighty and mightily peopled city, / Time is busy with thee.

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Origin

adverb

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).