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heavily.

With a great weight.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈhɛvɪli/
  1. With a great weight.

    heavily burdened
    She fell heavily into bed.
  2. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

    He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.
    Your advice still weighs heavily with me.
  3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.

    heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls
  4. So as to be thick or heavy.

    heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms
  5. In a laboured manner.

    he breathed heavily
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

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