heavily

adverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈhɛvɪli//

With a great weight.

adverb

1
With a great weight.
heavily burdened
She fell heavily into bed.
He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.
The great clod trod heavily on my toes!
2
To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.
Your advice still weighs heavily with me.
This problem weighs heavily on my mind.
He drank heavily.
3
In a manner designed for heavy duty.
heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls
Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
4
So as to be thick or heavy.
heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms
5
In a laboured manner.
he breathed heavily

Etymology

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

Forms

comparative: more heavily
superlative: most heavily

Heavenly · A female given name.heavens · The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.Heavens · A surname originating as a patronymic.

heavily · With a great weight.

heavy · Having great weight.heavyweight · A very large, heavy, or impressive person.Hebrew · Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

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