mighty

plural mighties · alternative obsolete mightie

1. obsoleterareA warrior of great strength and courage.

   And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 11:12

comparative mightier · superlative mightiest · alternative obsolete mightie

1. Very strong; possessing might.

   He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.

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   Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 9:4

2. Very heavy and powerful.

   Thor swung his mighty hammer.

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   He gave the ball a mighty hit.

   Synonyms: puissant

3. colloquialVery large; hefty.

   Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]

   1809, A History of New York, Washington Irving

4. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.

   His mighty works

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 11:20

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   Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.

   1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42, lines 637–638

   Mighty was their fuss about little matters.

   1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC

5. informalExcellent, extremely good.

   She's a mighty cook.

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   Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.

alternative obsolete mightie

1. colloquialnot comparableVery; to a high degree.

   Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a mighty fine meal.

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   You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.

   The lady is not heard of, and the King mighty angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.

   1665 June 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 28th, 1665”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume IV, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1894, →OCLC

   Father Miley, you know's a mighty ginteel man intirely, and one that likes to obleege the quolity in anything that doesn't go agin' his juty[.]"

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 515

   'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.

   1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82

   "You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."

   1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC