Толковый словарь английского языка - mighty
Mighty
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I. adjective (mightier; -est) Date: before 12th century possessing might ; powerful , accomplished or characterized by might , great or imposing in size or extent ; extraordinary , II. adverb Date: 14th century extremely , very , Usage: Mighty used as an intensive usually conveys a folksy down-home feeling and simple fare…but ~ filling and ~ satisfying — Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times>. It is used especially to create a chatty style corn bread and biscuits. That sounds ~ good to me — Julia Child> or to stress a rural atmosphere man must be ~ serious about his squirrel hunting — Stuart Williams, Field & Stream>. In a more formal context, ~ is used to create emphasis by drawing attention to itself chairman made sure that there were ~ few of them — Mollie Panter-Downes>.
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adj. & adv. --adj. (mightier, mightiest) 1 powerful or strong, in body, mind, or influence. 2 massive, bulky. 3 colloq. great, considerable. --adv. colloq. very (a mighty difficult task). Derivatives mightily adv. mightiness n. Etymology: OE mihtig (as MIGHT(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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