heavily

adverb
/ˈhɛvɪli/

With a great weight.

Example

“heavily burdened”

Other meanings

To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
“He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.”
In a manner designed for heavy duty.
“heavily armed soldiers;   heavily armoured tanks;   heavily reinforced walls”

Related words

time hangs heavily
unheavily

Example sentences

“Last days, it was raining heavily, all the time.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“The bank was heavily guarded.”
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Word history

From Old English "hefiġlīċe" (heavily; grievously).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “heavily” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.