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as in extremely
to a great degree
every volunteer contributed mightily to the cause
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as in hard
with great effort or determination
struggled mightily to climb up the steep cliff
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as in strongly
in a vigorous and forceful manner
it is a foregone conclusion that the President's supporters will mightily applaud virtually every line of the speech
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Recent Examples of mightily
The Vikings lost, 31-9, and Darnold struggled mightily, completing just 18 of 41 passes for 166 yards.
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
And the recent onslaught of free-agent additions could just be the start of building up a unit that struggled mightily last season.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
Jeffrey Lo’s direction has its own sharpness, especially in a snappy first act that cleanly focuses its lens, assisted mightily by the glitzy projections design by the late David Lee Cuthbert and Tasi Alabastro’s projections content creation.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Dallas has struggled mightily in the playoffs, and Lawrence simply commented on that fact — though the comment could be seen as disrespectful considering his time with the Cowboys.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
And the recent onslaught of free-agent additions could just be the start of building up a unit that struggled mightily last season.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
Jeffrey Lo’s direction has its own sharpness, especially in a snappy first act that cleanly focuses its lens, assisted mightily by the glitzy projections design by the late David Lee Cuthbert and Tasi Alabastro’s projections content creation.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Dallas has struggled mightily in the playoffs, and Lawrence simply commented on that fact — though the comment could be seen as disrespectful considering his time with the Cowboys.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mightily
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Their lack of depth was evident against this extremely deep Gators squad.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Deion Sanders at one point played for the Dallas Cowboys, which would make an extremely fascinating story, and has even been rumored in the past as a potential NFL head coach.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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They and other stocks that had gotten caught up in the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology have been among the hardest hit in Wall Street’s recent sell-off.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The club’s board have not signed any defenders — when Ancelotti and his staff have expressed their desire for reinforcements in the last three transfer windows — and injuries have bitten hard in that position.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Schwarz explained many reasons why the Maryland Ornithological Society is strongly against the legislation.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Since Subway Takes is about strongly doubling down on spicy — and often unimportant — opinions, the podcast takes that format a step further by including a longer version of a filmed Subway Takes episode and then letting Rahma and Kuo chitchat with mics.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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Other times, particularly when down by eight to 10 points, the Jayhawks did not look terribly driven.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The law was most infamously used during the terribly wrong internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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The reason Trump has acted so quickly and vigorously to eliminate wasteful spending, reduce the size of the federal workforce and deport criminal migrants is to force the courts to deal with the legal issues surrounding the president’s actions sooner rather than later.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Mar. 2025
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Parnell, Hegseth and others have vigorously defended the sweeping purge despite the flaws.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Williams seems to have fundamentally misunderstood the novel, or at the very least to have only a diluted grasp of it.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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And the headliner of the group, of course, was quarterback Cam Ward, who very likely could be the No. 1 overall pick when the draft gets underway on April 24 in Green Bay.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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In an incredibly clumsy move to penetrate the Chinese market, Facebook secretly released apps in the country through shell corporations without authorization, but supposedly with the tacit approval of China’s internet regulator.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Digital partners that enable end to end supplier integration can have an incredibly powerful impact on supply chain operations for all involved.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Having researched the role of the cycad seed in the Guam cluster, Spencer knew that some mushrooms contain toxins that can powerfully affect the nervous system.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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By incorporating skipping and sprint drills gradually, anyone can regain their ability to move quickly and powerfully.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Mightily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mightily. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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