About The Word Heavily
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Heavily
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What's The Definition Of Heavily?
[adv] to a considerable degree; "he relied heavily on others' data"
[adv] indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [adv] slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" [adv] in a manner designed for heavy duty; "a heavily constructed car"; "heavily armed" [adv] in a heavy-footed manner; "he walked heavily up the three flights to his room" [adv] with great force; "she hit her arm heavily against the wall" Synonyms | Synonyms for Heavily: hard | heavy | intemperately | to a great extent Related Terms | Find terms related to Heavily: apathetically | aridly | barrenly | bleakly | bloodlessly | burdensomely | close | closely | coldly | colorlessly | compactly | cumbersomely | densely | dismally | dormantly | draggily | drearily | drearisomely | dryly | dully | dustily | effetely | emptily | firmly | funereally | gloomily | gravely | grimly | heavy | hollowly | impassively | inactively | inanely | inertly | insipidly | jejunely | languidly | languorously | latently | leadenly | lifelessly | onerously | pallidly | passively | phlegmatically | ploddingly | pointlessly | ponderously | sadly | slowly | sluggishly | solemnly | solidly | somberly | sombrously | spiritlessly | stagnantly | statically | stodgily | stoically | stolidly | stuffily | superficially | tastelessly | tediously | thick | thickly | torpidly | uninterestingly | vapidly | weightily See Also | Heavily In Webster's Dictionary \Heav"i*ly\, adv. [From 2d {Heavy}.]
1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily
on a thing; to be heavily loaded.
Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration.
--The Century.
2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and
laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult,
or suffering manner; sorrowfully.
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave
them heavily. --Ex. xiv. 25.
Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? --Shak.
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