Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: hard, heavy, intemperately, to a great extent

Antonyms: lightly

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