heavily

pronunciation

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  • Adverb:
    to a considerable degree
    in a heavy-footed manner
    with great force
    in a manner designed for heavy duty
    slowly as if burdened by much weight
    indulging excessively

Word Origin

heavily (adv.)
Old English hefiglice "violently, intensely; sorrowfully; sluggishly," from hefig (see heavy) + -ly (2).

Antonym

adv.

lightly

Example

1. Now the recession is also weighing increasingly heavily on demand .
2. He sighed heavily and with satisfaction .
3. Investors that bought them often lost heavily .
4. Both lessons have to be heavily qualified .
5. Gm continues to invest heavily in china .

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