Weighty vs Mightly - What's the difference?
weighty | mightly |
Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
* 2008 , Douglas Menville, Forgotten Fantasy :
Substantial; weighty; of import.
* 1828 , Welland Canal Company, The Welland Canal Company :
* 1983 , Elizabeth K. Helsinger, THE WOMAN QUESTION Social Issues, 1837-1883 :
Able; able to occur; possible.
Mightily.
Very.
* 1904 , John Ames Mitchell, The villa Claudia :
* 1922 , American Hospital Association, Transactions :
As adjectives the difference between weighty and mightly
is that weighty is having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body while mightly is mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.As an adverb mightly is
mightily.weighty
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(er)mightly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "We must strike a mightly blow as soon as possible for the sake of Lyone, our queen. Once break the power of the king, and he will be glad to sue for peace by liberating our adored idol, the pride of Atvatabar."
- In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]
- Mightly indeed must be the Titanic current of that soul which could receive one whole human, full of thoughts, affections, and emotions, into its tide and yet remain uncoloured and unchanged.
Adverb
(en adverb)- "[...] Must have been mightly well corked." "With every possible care, probably. [...]"
- We need the best material possible, and I believe we have some mightly good material at the present time.