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mightly

/ˈmaɪt li/ adjective

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adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mightly at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
  2. Substantial; weighty; of import.
  3. Able; able to occur; possible.

adverb

  1. Mightily.

Origin

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”).

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