Mightily

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mightily \Might"i*ly\, adv. [From {Mighty}.]
     1. In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness;
        vigorously; powerfully.
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              Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his


              working, which worketh in me mightily. --Col. i. 29.
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     2. To a great degree; very much.
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              Practical jokes amused us mightily.   --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mightily
       adv 1: powerfully or vigorously; "he strove mightily to achieve a
              better position in life"
       2: to a great degree; "rejoiced mightily at the news"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "mightily":
     almighty, arduously, authoritatively, awfully, big, cogently,
     commandingly, consequentially, deafeningly, dynamically,
     effectively, effectually, energetically, ex cathedra, exceedingly,
     extremely, firmly, forcefully, forcibly, greatly, hardly, heartily,
     highly, hugely, imperatively, imperviously, impregnably, intensely,
     invincibly, invulnerably, irresistibly, just, laboriously, loudly,
     lustily, might and main, mighty, momentously, notably, officially,
     only too, potently, powerful, powerfully, pretty, productively,
     puissantly, pungently, quite, real, really, resistantly, right,
     robustly, ruggedly, so, soundly, stalwartly, staunchly, stoutly,
     strenuously, strikingly, strongly, sturdily, surpassingly,
     tellingly, terribly, terrifically, to good account,
     to good purpose, toilsomely, unyieldingly, very, vigorously,
     weightily, with a vengeance, with authority, with telling effect