What does mightly mean?
Mightly means Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful..
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/ˈmaɪt li/ · adjective
Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful..
King Haco would have ſtay'd, notwithstanding the mightly Power he had to encounter, […]
[…] and the mightly arm of Alcher ſent him like a lion howling among the members of the dead.
Antilochus joined his grief to their tears: he held the mightly hand of Achilles; for deep he groaned from his inmoſt ſoul.
Month after month law-suits, instigated by the grasping white man against the helpless Indian are decided in favor of the mightly and unscrupulous white.
In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]
Mightly indeed must be the Titanic current of that soul which could receive one whole human, full of thoughts, affections, and emotions, into its tide and yet remain uncoloured and unchanged.
"[...] Must have been mightly well corked." "With every possible care, probably. [...]"
We need the best material possible, and I believe we have some mightly good material at the present time.
Use mightly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mightly means Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
King Haco would have ſtay'd, notwithstanding the mightly Power he had to encounter, […]
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