mightily
IPA: mˈaɪtʌɫi
adverb
- In a mighty manner; with strength or force.
- Enormously, to a great extent.
- (US, regional) Thoroughly; entirely.
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Examples of "mightily" in Sentences
- In their distresses they called mightily upon the Lord.
- UConn struggled mightily from the arc, making just 4-of-16 attempts.
- Where “Ong Bak” succeeds so mightily is in its simplicity and purity.
- I was suffering mightily from the altitude, with a wicked headache and dizziness verging on nausea.
- Nebraska struggled mightily from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and shot 30 percent (7-of-30).
- Commodore Joshua Barney, who had made his name mightily respected as a seaman of the Revolution and who had never been known to shake in his shoes at sight of a dozen British ensigns.
- Duncan, who has struggled mightily from the line this season, misfired on 5-of-6 free throws against the Grizzlies, drawing a standing ovation for the one he made and refusing to speak to the media afterwards as a result of the insult.
- And Scotty tried to spin mightily, promising to reduce such background briefings (but ducking the question as why it can't simply eliminate them here and now) And then again lecturing the press about the credibility problems of anonymous sources, yada, yada
- We talked about our dads -- mine had died a couple of years before -- and I left with the unforgettable image of her father propped up in his hospital bed suffering mightily from the infection that would soon kill him yet utterly engrossed by a weighty tome about the crusades.
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