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mightily

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might·i·ly  (mtl-)
adv.
1. In a mighty manner; powerfully.
2. To a great degree; greatly.

mightily [ˈmaɪtɪlɪ]
adv
1. to a great extent, amount, or degree
2. with might; powerfully or vigorously
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.mightily - powerfully or vigorously; "he strove mightily to achieve a better position in life"
2.mightily - (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

mightily
adverb
1. very, highly, greatly, hugely, very much, seriously (informal), extremely, intensely, decidedly, exceedingly He had given a mightily impressive performance.
2. powerfully, vigorously, strongly, forcefully, energetically, with all your strength, with all your might and main She strove mightily to put him from her thoughts.
Translations
mightily [ˈmaɪtɪlɪ] ADV
1. (o.f.) (= greatly) [rejoice] → tremendamente, enormemente; [impressive] → sumamente
to be mightily impressed/relievedestar tremendamente or sumamente impresionado/aliviado
I was mightily surprisedme sorprendí enormemente
2. (liter) (= powerfully) [strike, hit] → con fuerza
they heaved mightilytiraron con todas sus fuerzas
mightily
adv
mit aller Macht; (fig: = majestically, imposingly) → gewaltig
(inf: = extremely) → mächtig (inf); a mightily improved teameine stark verbesserte Mannschaft; mightily impressivehöchst beeindruckend; I was mightily impressed/relievedich war überaus beeindruckt/erleichtert


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Then turning to the fire James seized the tongs, "and under his feet he mightily brast up a blank of the chamber,"* and leaping down into the vault beneath he let the plank fall again into its place.
About midnight in they came, dancing and skipping, hopped round the room, and then went to sit down to their work as usual; but when they saw the clothes lying for them, they laughed and chuckled, and seemed mightily delighted.
They were so troubled about my enchanted clothes that they were mightily relieved, at last, when old Merlin swept the difficulty away for them with a com- mon-sense hint.
 
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