mightily

[ mahyt-l-ee ]

/ ˈmaɪt l i /

in a mighty manner; powerfully or vigorously.

to a great extent or degree; very much: to desire something mightily.

Origin of mightily

before 900; Middle English; Old English mihtiglīce. See mighty, -ly

The music sometimes sounding like the exorcism of a multitude of demons, each one of whom was mightily resisting his expulsion.

The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest |Nat Hentoff |October 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Squandered no matter how hard we try, how mightily we labor for special attention.

From Smarm To Snark, We’re All Soldiers In The War On Obscurity |James Poulos |December 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He was understanding, he was helpful, he listened to them, and he encouraged them mightily in all their pursuits.

Murder, Sex, and the Writing Life: Norman Mailer’s Biography |Ronald K. Fried |November 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There are also hawks in his own party who would welcome the domestic cuts, but mightily resist the defense ones.

Obama Realigns, the GOP Declines: The New Political Paradigm |Robert Shrum |February 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The center that Yachimovich wooed so mightily, and at the cost of alienating long-time leftists, went to Lapid.

The Knesset's New Faces |Don Futterman |January 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If this be true, said Arthur, it were great shame unto mine estate but that he were mightily withstood.

Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) |Thomas Malory
The captain is mightily strengthened by this marriage of his da'ter with colonel Beekman, that's sartain.

Wyandotte |James Fenimore Cooper
Zoeth was mightily pleased and Mary-'Gusta was happy because he was.

Mary-'Gusta |Joseph C. Lincoln
All that followed, and which the boys could see through the lighted windows of the room interested them mightily.

The Grammar School Boys of Gridley |H. Irving Hancock
Now sir, will you not acknowledge that I have mightily advanc'd your practice?

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works (9 of 10) |Francis Beaumont

mightily

/ (ˈmaɪtɪlɪ) /

to a great extent, amount, or degree

with might; powerfully or vigorously