mighty
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5.8
- adverb
- /ˈmaɪti/
- Informal
:
muy
- But when he came in sight of his house, well, he was mighty surprised.
- mighty good
- mighty proud
- mighty fine
Telling her that you look mighty good in that red dress.
- Telling her that you look mighty good in that red dress.
- And it's like surveillance is a mighty fine art.
- They must have named this after my thighs because they are mighty thick.
- You know that person who's like, no, no, it's mighty much and you're like, what's so loud?
- When someone's looking mighty fine and sexy, they're working it, baby.
- So let's get to it and do not blink because it gets weird and crazy mighty fast.
Examples
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- You look mighty tan.
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And I find it mighty interesting to think about.
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Telling her that you look mighty good in that red dress.
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My, Oh my, it's mighty cold outside.
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Wow, this is all happening mighty quick.
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l was feeling mighty bad.
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It's true, I felt mighty sorry for myself for a whole season.
Fiction book (1997) -
All this has been mighty easy to get accustomed to.
Academic text (2004) -
You're lookin' mighty handsome in that white suit.
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My, oh my, it's mighty cold outside.
Synonyms
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1.0
Use to mean very or completely
584
2.3
To a very great degree
84
2.1
To a very great degree
26
4.5
To a very high degree
24
4.0
To do something with great force or effort
12
3.6
To a very high degree
8
4.4
Says that something is extremely large, important, or impressive
4
7.9
Very good and impressive
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
1
8.4
To a very high degree
Very, used in informal speech in the southern United States
An informal word meaning very, often used in New England
Put before an adjective or adverb to mean very
An informal way to say very, like the French word très
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Etymology
The word mighty comes from the Old English word miht meaning 'power', the same root as might. A helpful way to remember the adverb use is to think of it as 'with power', which is why people say 'mighty cold' to mean 'very cold'.