mighty

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  1. adjective Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force: a mighty orator; a mighty blow.
  2. adjective Imposing or awesome in size, degree, or extent: a mighty stone fortress.
  3. adverb Informal To a great degree; extremely. Used as an intensive: mighty fine; mighty tired. See Regional Note at powerful.

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  • She walked into the arcade where, not so many years before, the names of the mighty were announced as they came into the candlelight. —  Title here
  • Whole Lotta Love - LZ (there is a reason they are always referred to as the mighty LZ) —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I wanted to ask the hive mind because you are all-mighty, all-knowing, and you have been here in one way or another before. —  Ask MetaFilter
  • Grant makes a fine speech about standing up to the over-mighty, a small country still holding on to pride and principle. —  GreenCine Daily
  • This brick house is mighty, mighty -- and free for the haul of it —  JustNews.com - Local News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from Middle English mighty, myghty, mihti, maʒty, etc., from Anglo-Saxon mihtig, mæhtig, meahtig (= Old Saxon mahtig = OFries. mcchtich, mdchtich = Dutch magtig, machtig = Middle Low German meehtich = Old High German mahtig, mahtīc, Middle High German mehtic, German mächtig = Icelandic māttigr, contr. māttkar, māttkan, māttkir = Swedish mägtig = Danish mægtig = Goth, mahteigs), powerful, possible, from miht, meaht, might: see might, n.
  2. from mighty, adjective
 

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