View synonyms for heavily

heavily

[ hev-uh-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

with a great weight or burden:
a heavily loaded wagon.
in a manner suggestive of carrying a great weight; ponderously; lumberingly:
He walked heavily across the room.
in an oppressive manner:
Cares weigh heavily upon him.
severely; greatly; intensely:
to suffer heavily.
densely; thickly:
heavily wooded.
in large amounts or in great quantities; very much:
It rained heavily on Tuesday.
without animation or vigor; in a dull manner; sluggishly.

Origin of heavily¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English hevyly, Old English hefiglīce; equivalent to heavy + -ly

That fantasy, however, is still heavily regimented by all sorts of norms.

The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.

His later books drew heavily from experiences and people he encountered at the bar, including the cruel captain in The Sea-Wolf.

I mean my background weighed heavily, because I was brought up in this orthodox way.

But, under the hawkish eye of the media and through a heavily active social media presence, she carried on as usual.

The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.

Even New Zealand Brigade which has been only recently engaged lost heavily and is to some extent demoralised.

One heavily-laden boat was dragged into the stream, and a few officers and men clambered on board.

He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.

But before he reached it there was the shriek of a whistle, a violent shock, and he was hurled heavily into the opposite seat.

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