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heavily

[hev-uh-lee]

adverb

  1. with a great weight or burden.

    a heavily loaded wagon.

  2. in a manner suggestive of carrying a great weight; ponderously; lumberingly.

    He walked heavily across the room.

  3. in an oppressive manner.

    Cares weigh heavily upon him.

  4. severely; greatly; intensely.

    to suffer heavily.

  5. densely; thickly.

    heavily wooded.

  6. in large amounts or in great quantities; very much.

    It rained heavily on Tuesday.

  7. without animation or vigor; in a dull manner; sluggishly.



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Other Word Forms

  • overheavily adverb
  • unheavily adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heavily1

First recorded before 900; Middle English hevyly, Old English ھī; equivalent to heavy + -ly
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News coverage of the protests has transfixed Mexico, where reports have heavily sided with the immigrants against U.S. efforts to detain and deport them.

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Ultimately, they have been heavily used, and the results have been celebrated.

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Reeves was heavily criticised for cutting universal entitlement to winter fuel payments in September last year, with only those on Pension Credit or other benefits eligible.

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To make domestic production viable, Keen has invested heavily in automation, enabling the Kentucky plant to operate with just a fraction of the workforce required overseas.

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He's only ever known life on an island connected to the quarantined British mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway.

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