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[ adjective ] having or showing great strength or force or intensity
Examples "struck a mighty blow" "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan" "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Meager and shabby by-products linger to haunt our memories of a once mighty protagonist ; a maladroit reharmonization of our National_Anthem ( The Star-Spangled_Banner ) ; a poor attempt to write an idiomatic jazz concerto ; a circus polka for elephants ; his hopes that the tunes from his old music might be used for popular American commercial songs ! Related terms |
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[ adverb ] (Southern regional intensive) very
Examples "the baby is mighty cute" "he's mighty tired" "it is powerful humid" "that boy is powerful big now" "they have a right nice place" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)On_the_other_hand , the process of obsoleting an old product and introducing the new one is usually mighty expensive . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)In those days , a wife had mighty few rights in the domestic sphere and even fewer in the sexual sphere . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)`` Fred was mighty crude about the way he took_in cattle '' his own hired_man , Andy_Ross , mentioned later . Related terms |
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