heavily

[ hev-uh-lee ]

/ ˈhɛv ə li /

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.

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before 900; Middle English hevyly, Old English hefiglīce. See heavy, -ly

o·ver·heav·i·ly, adverbun·heav·i·ly, adverb

The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.
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But, under the hawkish eye of the media and through a heavily active social media presence, she carried on as usual.
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The Simbas had little training or heavily artillery and would be no match for foreign forces.
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Heavily armed Simbas had already arrived at the missionary house and were lining up families in the backyard for execution.
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“I knew definitely that I had been heavily drugged,” she says.
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At the rear, a doorway, heavily curtained, leads into another room.
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Something heavy had rested there recently—there had been other desks about, or heavily laden tables.
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Davis staggered back with arms covering his face protectingly and again Jack struck him heavily between the eyes.
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The men aloft made several attempts to hail the deck, but the wind blew too heavily to suffer them to be heard.
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I was a strong lad, and very angry, and he but a little man; and he went down before me heavily.
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