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1
: in a mighty manner : vigorously
applauded mightily
2
: very much
depressed me mightily
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of mightily in a Sentence
They contributed mightily to the cause.
She struggled mightily to read his handwriting.
The soldiers fought mightily before finally surrendering.
Recent Examples on the Web
The widest before-and-after gap was in San Francisco, which has struggled mightily to regain its business district and is still only 50% of the way there.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Khris Middleton has missed a ton of games during River’s tenure and has struggled mightily upon his return.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
While the Warriors’ fate seems mightily close to being decided, where that one-game, win-or-go-home showdown will be played is still up in the air.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
After falling sharply in 2022, productivity rebounded mightily the following year.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
Casey has worked mightily to drag greedflation into the spotlight.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
No matter how mightily things unraveled a season ago, this lap is about pushing enough of the right buttons to lace up in mid-October.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
That barreling is assisted mightily by the two male characters in the narrative, who take turns maximizing smarm and misogyny.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
However, the Cowboys struggled mightily against teams with a winning record this year, going just 4-5 against teams that finished the season over .500, and one of those wins was against the nine-win Seattle Seahawks.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of mightily was
before the 12th century
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Cite this Entry
“Mightily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mightily. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
mightily
adverb
might·i·ly
ˈmīt-ᵊl-ē
1
: in a mighty manner : vigorously
fought mightily
2
: very much
contributed mightily to the cause
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