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adverb
1.
with a great weight or burden: a heavily loaded wagon.
2.
in a manner suggestive of carrying a great weight; ponderously; lumberingly: He walked heavily across the room.
3.
in an oppressive manner: Cares weigh heavily upon him.
4.
severely; greatly; intensely: to suffer heavily.
5.
EXPANDdensely; thickly: heavily wooded.
6.
in large amounts or in great quantities; very much: It rained heavily on Tuesday.
7.
COLLAPSEwithout animation or vigor; in a dull manner; sluggishly.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| heavy (ˈhɛvɪ) | |
| —adj , heavier, heaviest | |
| 1. | of comparatively great weight: a heavy stone |
| 2. | having a relatively high density: lead is a heavy metal |
| 3. | great in yield, quality, or quantity: heavy rain; heavy traffic |
| 4. | great or considerable: heavy emphasis |
| 5. | hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil: heavy demands |
| 6. | sad or dejected in spirit or mood: heavy at heart |
| 7. | coarse or broad: a heavy line; heavy features |
| 8. | (of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy |
| 9. | solid or fat: heavy legs |
| 10. | Compare light (of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials |
| 11. | serious; grave |
| 12. | military |
| a. armed or equipped with large weapons, armour, etc | |
| b. (of guns, etc) of a large and powerful type | |
| 13. | Compare light (of a syllable) having stress or accentuation |
| 14. | dull and uninteresting: a heavy style |
| 15. | prodigious: a heavy drinker |
| 16. | (of cakes, bread, etc) insufficiently leavened |
| 17. | deep and loud: a heavy thud |
| 18. | of music, literature, etc |
| a. dramatic and powerful; grandiose | |
| b. not immediately comprehensible or appealing | |
| 19. | slang |
| a. unpleasant or tedious | |
| b. wonderful | |
| c. (of rock music) having a powerful beat; hard | |
| 20. | weighted; burdened: heavy with child |
| 21. | clumsy and slow: heavy going |
| 22. | permeating: a heavy smell |
| 23. | cloudy or overcast, esp threatening rain: heavy skies |
| 24. | not easily digestible: a heavy meal |
| 25. | (of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element: heavy hydrogen; heavy water |
| 26. | horse racing (of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy |
| 27. | slang using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality: the heavy mob |
| 28. | informal heavy on using large quantities of: this car is heavy on petrol |
| —n , heavier, heaviest, heavies | |
| 29. | a. a villainous role |
| b. an actor who plays such a part | |
| 30. | military |
| a. a large fleet unit, esp an aircraft carrier or battleship | |
| b. a large calibre or weighty piece of artillery | |
| 31. | informal (usually plural) the heavies a serious newspaper: the Sunday heavies |
| 32. | informal a heavyweight boxer, wrestler, etc |
| 33. | slang a man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence |
| 34. | (Scot) strong bitter beer |
| —adv | |
| 35. | a. in a heavy manner; heavily: time hangs heavy |
| b. (in combination): heavy-laden | |
| [Old English hefig; related to hebban to | |
| 'heavily | |
| —adv | |
| 'heaviness | |
| —n | |
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