mighty
Very; to a high degreeVery; to a high degree.
» The pen is mightier than the sword.
Die Feder ist mächtiger als das Schwert. — samueldora
Der Stift ist stärker als das Schwert. — Esperantostern
Die Feder ist mächtiger denn das Schwert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Перо сильнее меча. — kotik
Написанное пером не вырубишь топором. — AqQoyriq_1
Перо сильніше за меч. — aandrusiak
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1 senses(colloquial, not comparable)Very; to a high degree.
You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.
Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a mighty fine meal.
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Examples
59 sentencesThe pen is mightier than the sword.
Перо сильніше за меч. — aandrusiak
ruПеро сильнее меча. — kotik
deDie Feder ist mächtiger als das Schwert. — samueldora
Don't get all high and mighty.
Even the mightiest of empires comes to an end.
I got mighty hungry.
deIch bekam einen Mordskohldampf. — Waldelfe
It seems like it's been a mighty long time since I've done that.
Origin
From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġFrom Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y.
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