mightly
mightly · more mightly · most mightly
Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerfulMighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
/ˈmaɪt li/
» He donned a shirt of mithril and picked up his mightly blade.
Meaning
3 sensesMighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
Substantial; weighty; of import.
Able; able to occur; possible.
Examples
1 sentencesHe donned a shirt of mithril and picked up his mightly blade.
Origin
From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”)From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilīkaz, *mahtulīkaz, equivalent to might + -ly. Cognate with Swedish maktlig (“powerful”).
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Forms
more mightly, most mightly| Comparative | more mightly Lesson |
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| Superlative | most mightly Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form