mightly

adjective /ˈmaɪt li/

1. Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.

   King Haco would have ſtay'd, notwithstanding the mightly Power he had to encounter, […]

2. Substantial; weighty; of import.

   In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]

3. Able; able to occur; possible.

Where it comes from

From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilīkaz, *mahtulīkaz, equivalent to might + -ly. Cognate with Swedish maktlig (“powerful”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mightly (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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