heavily
//ˈhɛvɪli//
Forms
- Comparative
- more heavily
- Superlative
- most heavily
Definitions
1.With a great weight.
- The great clod trod heavily on my toes!
- He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.
- She fell heavily into bed.
2.To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
- This problem weighs heavily on my mind.
- Your advice still weighs heavily with me.
- He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.
3.In a manner designed for heavy duty.
- Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
4.So as to be thick or heavy.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2753
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English hevely, hevyliche
From Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.