mightily

adverb

might·​i·​ly ˈmī-tə-lē 

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

During qualifying time trials, the driverless Dallara Super Formula racers outfitted with cameras and software seemed to struggle mightily to complete a full lap. —Wes Davis, The Verge, 27 Apr. 2024

Philadelphia Pick: Cornerback Philly’s aging secondary struggled mightily last season, especially down the stretch. —Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024

The Mavs offense struggled mightily in the first half scoring 30 points in the first half and only eight in the second quarter. —Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2024

The public charging infrastructure is notoriously unreliable, outside of Tesla’s charging network, a system the company could afford to build and maintain by maintaining a stratospheric stock price — a stock price that’s suffered mightily over the last year, down nearly 40% in the last six months. —Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024

The results are a mightily impressive .286/.348/.619 slash line. —Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024

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

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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