3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Heavily \Heav"i*ly\, adv. [From 2d {Heavy}.] 1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded. [1913 Webster] Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration. --The Century. [1913 Webster] 2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully. [1913 Webster] And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily. --Ex. xiv. 25. [1913 Webster] Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Greatly; intensely; as, heavily involved in a plot; heavily invested in real estate. [PJC] 4. In large quantity; as, it rained heavily. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: heavily adv 1: to a considerable degree; "he relied heavily on others' data" [syn: {to a great extent}] 2: in a heavy-footed manner; "he walked heavily up the three flights to his room" 3: with great force; "she hit her arm heavily against the wall" 4: in a manner designed for heavy duty; "a heavily constructed car"; "heavily armed" 5: slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" [syn: {heavy}] 6: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn: {intemperately}, {hard}] [ant: {lightly}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "heavily": apathetically, aridly, barrenly, bleakly, bloodlessly, burdensomely, close, closely, coldly, colorlessly, compactly, cumbersomely, densely, dismally, dormantly, draggily, drearily, drearisomely, dryly, dully, dustily, effetely, emptily, firmly, funereally, gloomily, gravely, grimly, heavy, hollowly, impassively, inactively, inanely, inertly, insipidly, jejunely, languidly, languorously, latently, leadenly, lifelessly, onerously, pallidly, passively, phlegmatically, ploddingly, pointlessly, ponderously, sadly, slowly, sluggishly, solemnly, solidly, somberly, sombrously, spiritlessly, stagnantly, statically, stodgily, stoically, stolidly, stuffily, superficially, tastelessly, tediously, thick, thickly, torpidly, uninterestingly, vapidly, weightily
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