mightily

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Death is an elastic concept in all forms of fiction, but TV and film have mightily tested the limits to which our belief can be stretched.

From Salon

The only tangible statistical sign that UCLA’s Eric Dailey Jr. had played against Washington earlier this week came in the four fouls that he logged, which contributed mightily to his struggles across the board.

From Los Angeles Times

In this masterwork, as in “The Invention of Love” and “The Real Thing,” Mr. Stoppard’s literary brilliance shone mightily, but the restrained yet fathoms-deep feeling that animated his finest writing took precedence.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was about getting a 67-year-old man struggling mightily with displacement, and a dog on her home stretch, back where they needed to be.

From Los Angeles Times

Simon lugged it up to the nursery for her and grunted mightily when he put it down.

From Literature