2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration.
--The Century.
2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and
laboriously; with difficulty; hence in a slow, difficult,
or suffering manner; sorrowfully.
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave
them heavily. --Ex. xiv. 25.
Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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