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  • He said he knew in a minute it was some of the widow's Texas kin come up to her wedding, and was might'ly tickled over it.

    A Special Providence 1995

  • She told him to see that he got there in plenty of time in the morning -- that she was might'ly afraid he'd keep her waiting, that she was going to have the preacher there at eight o'clock sharp, and didn't want the bridegroom to be behind time.

    A Special Providence 1995

  • I ain't gwine inter court an 'make no affledave on it, but ef anybody wuz ter walk up an' p'int der finger at me, an 'say dat dis is de place where ol' Brer Bull-Frog lose his tail, I'd up and 'low,' Yasser, it mus 'be de place, kaze it look might'ly like de place what I been hear tell' bout. '

    Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

  • I heah Aunt Dinah say dat, an 'dat he might'ly sot on he ole servants, spressaly on Ephum deddy, whar named Little Ephum, an' whar used to wait on him.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • He said he knew in a minute it was some of the widow's Texas kin come up to her wedding, and was might'ly tickled over it.

    A Special Providence 1896

  • She told him to see that he got there in plenty of time in the morning — that she was might'ly afraid he'd keep her waiting, that she was going to have the preacher there at eight o'clock sharp, and didn't want the bridegroom to be behind time.

    A Special Providence 1896

  • "Yas'm, da do shine might'ly ef dat whut you means."

    The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895

  • Bible says, 'I'd like might'ly to go to yo' little dinner, but I've got to break a yoke of steers an 'you must' skuze me. '

    The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895

  • Co'se ef I wuz well I wouldn 'mine it so much, but ez it is, it bodders me might'ly.

    The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895

  • En it argerfied might'ly; do de lawyers kep 'a-laffin' en laffin ', tell de judge shuck a stick at 'em; en he hit on de pulpit ob de cote-room wid it, en looked mighty ser'us, when his mushtash didn't shake, lack it sorter done.

    The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895

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