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heavily

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heav⋅i⋅ly

  [hev-uh-lee]
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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. densely; thickly: heavily wooded.
6. in large amounts or in great quantities; very much: It rained heavily on Tuesday.
7. without animation or vigor; in a dull manner; sluggishly.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME hevyly, OE hefiglīce. See heavy, -ly
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heav·i·ly   (hěv'ə-lē)   
adv.  

  1. With a great weight or burden: heavily laden.

  2. Very slowly and with difficulty; laboriously: walking heavily through the snow.

  3. Greatly or severely: heavily in debt.

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