Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: mightily
IPA transcription: [m'aɪtəli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: mighty, mightily, powerful, right
    Meaning: (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"
  • Synonyms: mightily
    Meaning: powerfully or vigorously; "he strove mightily to achieve a better position in life"
Usage examples
  • The bulls roared mightily.
  • So then Sir Tristram gat the chapel and kept it mightily.
  • "Well, you might suggest that it doesn't please me mightily.
  • My heart was pounding mightily. I couldn't curb its pulsations.
  • There nature had placed her, and she had taken root and grown mightily.
  • The dignity of the words imposed mightily upon the hearts of the people.
  • Winfried's heavy staff thrust mightily against the hammer's handle as it fell.
  • The prince had been a fortnight with the grand duke, and enjoyed himself mightily.
  • Mrs. Jewkes is mightily at me, to go with her in the chariot, to visit Mr. Williams.
  • "It may be fun," said the other, "but it looks mightily like yearnest to a man up a tree."