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English Dictionary: mighty by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mighty
adv
  1. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "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"; "they rejoiced mightily"
    Synonym(s): mighty, mightily, powerful, right
adj
  1. having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mighty \Might"y\, a. [Compar. {Mightier}; superl. {Mightiest}.]
      [AS. meahtig, mihtig; akin to G. m[84]chtig, Goth. mahteigs.
      See {Might}, n.]
      1. Possessing might; having great power or authority.
  
                     Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. --Job ix. 4.
  
      2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
            [bd]His mighty works.[b8] --Matt. xi. 20.
  
      3. Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of
            size, character, importance, consequences, etc. [bd]A
            mighty famine.[b8] --Luke xv. 14. [bd]Giants of mighty
            bone.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mighty \Might"y\, n.; pl. {Mighties}.
      A warrior of great force and courage. [R. & Obs.] --1 Chron.
      xi. 12.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mighty \Might"y\, adv.
      In a great degree; very. [Colloq.] [bd]He was mighty
      methodical.[b8] --Jeffrey.
  
               We have a mighty pleasant garden.            --Doddridge.
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