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Meanings of mightily in anglès

(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.

Usage of mightily in anglès
1
Russia that will leave our, until now, mightily good reputation, badly damaged.
America’s Secret Establishment
2
Sad the story of the plague in the City, it growing mightily.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
3
That the Washington Wizards are struggling mightily late in games certainly helped.
Reuters
4
It puzzled Caleb mightily; he laid it to homesickness at the beginning.
Then I'll Come Back to You
5
The child laughed; so did the colonel, but his cheek flushed mightily.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
6
The one is to be wasted; and this a pipe mightily helps.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
7
He cursed mightily, mainly because he'd already planned a second kiln here.
The hangman's daughter
8
Later, in the hotel bar, Fitzhugh asked why he wasn't mightily upset.
Acts of faith
9
Duty done, she was feeling very pleased with herself, and mightily relieved.
The lady elizabeth
10
Capital: The comeback kings They rose to lofty heights and fell mightily.
BBC
11
The old peers around him enjoyed this effort of the imagination mightily.
Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
12
He strode mightily forward and in an instant had quelled that rebel.
Here are Ladies
13
I had money in my pocket-abouttwenty-fivesous-andI was mightily thirsty.
Castles in the Air
14
Faldo, meanwhile, has rightly been declaring himself mightily happy with his lot.
The Guardian
15
The wind and rain are driving hard and Andiatarocte is heaving mightily.
The Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and Champlain
16
A thought had occurred to him which pleased his simple mind mightily.
The Heart of Unaga
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Mightily through the time
Mightily across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common