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
The Orioles won only nine of their final 22 games of the first half — the club’s worst stretch in more than two years — largely because of an inconsistent offense that struggled mightily in high-leverage situations.
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
The Republican unity fest for Trump and Vance comes as Biden is still struggling mightily with the fallout from his shaky performance in the debate between the two men three weeks ago.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
Kat Thompson named 16 standouts across the region, including two of my favorites: Ceviche Project in Silver Lake, and the mightily loved Found Oyster in East Hollywood.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
Paramount, which was formed from the merger of CBS and Viacom in late 2019, has struggled mightily amid the decline of linear TV and the headlong rush into streaming, not to mention the adverse operating environment created by Covid and the 2023 strikes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 July 2024
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
The Republican unity fest for Trump and Vance comes as Biden is still struggling mightily with the fallout from his shaky performance in the debate between the two men three weeks ago.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
Kat Thompson named 16 standouts across the region, including two of my favorites: Ceviche Project in Silver Lake, and the mightily loved Found Oyster in East Hollywood.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
Paramount, which was formed from the merger of CBS and Viacom in late 2019, has struggled mightily amid the decline of linear TV and the headlong rush into streaming, not to mention the adverse operating environment created by Covid and the 2023 strikes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 July 2024
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“Mightily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mightily. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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mightily
adverb
might·i·ly
ˈmīt-ᵊl-ē 
1
: in a mighty manner : vigorously
fought mightily
2
: very much
contributed mightily to the cause
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