"mightly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmaɪt li/ Forms: more mightly [comparative], most mightly [superlative]
enPR: mīt li Etymology: From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilīk, *mahtulīk, equivalent to might + -ly. Cognate with Swedish maktlig (“powerful”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mightli}} Middle English mightli, {{inh|en|ang|mihtelīċ|t=possible, able, capable}} Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mahtilīk}} Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mahtilīk}} Proto-Germanic *mahtilīk, {{af|en|might|-ly|id2=adjectival}} might + -ly, {{cog|sv|maktlig|t=powerful}} Swedish maktlig (“powerful”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} mightly (comparative more mightly, superlative most mightly)
  1. Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
    Sense id: en-mightly-en-adj-vCVKFQt6
  2. Substantial; weighty; of import.
    Sense id: en-mightly-en-adj-lMGYDIMX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 51 20 15 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 10 63 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 9 46 19 21 6
  3. Able; able to occur; possible.
    Sense id: en-mightly-en-adj-L8vE5jhL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Forms: more mightly [comparative], most mightly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English myghtely, myȝtly, from Old English mihtlīċe, equivalent to might + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|myghtely}} Middle English myghtely, {{inh|en|ang|mihtlīċe}} Old English mihtlīċe, {{af|en|might|-ly|id2=adverbial}} might + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} mightly (comparative more mightly, superlative most mightly)
  1. Mightily.
    Sense id: en-mightly-en-adv-rhRwSZsO
  2. Very.
    Sense id: en-mightly-en-adv-jCQlllvP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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