heavily
[hev-uh-lee]
- 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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Origin of heavily
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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Contemporary Examples
The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.
But, under the hawkish eye of the media and through a heavily active social media presence, she carried on as usual.
The Simbas had little training or heavily artillery and would be no match for foreign forces.
Heavily armed Simbas had already arrived at the missionary house and were lining up families in the backyard for execution.
“I knew definitely that I had been heavily drugged,” she says.
Historical Examples
His tall figure was proportionately broad, and he was heavily fleshed.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
"Them poplars out there ought to be taken away," he said heavily.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
His dark, heavily fringed eyes looked at her from a pale face.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
"It comes too late," sighed Caleb, heavily; and the letter fell from his hands.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Why have I been so heavily visited, and why have you gone free?
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Word Origin and History for heavily
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper