amain
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- adverb At full speed; also, in great haste.
- adverb Out of control.
- adverb Exceedingly; overmuch.
- verb To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail). To decrease or reduce (something).
- verb To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail).
- verb To decrease or reduce (something).
- verb To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.
Similar words
with full force forcefully might and main almighty mightily horse and foot mainly potentially bigly overstrongly
Often followed by
to the and with for from towards like by
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