What does HEAVILY mean?

Definitions for HEAVILY
ˈhɛv ə liheav·i·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word HEAVILY.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. heavily, to a great extentadverb

    to a considerable degree

    "he relied heavily on others' data"

  2. heavilyadverb

    in a heavy-footed manner

    "he walked heavily up the three flights to his room"

  3. heavilyadverb

    with great force

    "she hit her arm heavily against the wall"

  4. heavilyadverb

    in a manner designed for heavy duty

    "a heavily constructed car"; "heavily armed"

  5. heavy, heavilyadverb

    slowly as if burdened by much weight

    "time hung heavy on their hands"

  6. heavilyadverb

    in a labored manner

    "he breathed heavily"

  7. heavily, intemperately, hardadverb

    indulging excessively

    "he drank heavily"

GCIDE

  1. Heavilyadverb

    Greatly; intensely; as, heavily involved in a plot; heavily invested in real estate.

  2. Heavilyadverb

    In large quantity; as, it rained heavily.

Wiktionary

  1. heavilyadverb

    in a heavy manner

  2. heavilyadverb

    with a great weight

    heavily burdened

  3. heavilyadverb

    to a considerable degree, to a great extent

  4. heavilyadverb

    in a manner designed for heavy duty

  5. heavilyadverb

    so as to be thick or heavy

  6. heavilyadverb

    in a laboured manner

    he breathed heavily

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Heavilyadverb

    Etymology: from heavy.

    Ease must be impracticable to the envious: they lie under a double misfortune; common calamities and common blessings fall heavily upon them. Jeremy Collier, of Envy.

    I came hither to transport the tydings,
    Which I have heavily born. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Why looks your grace so heavily to-day?
    —— O, I have past a miserable night. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    This O’Neil took very heavily, because his condition in the army was less pleasant to him. Edward Hyde.

ChatGPT

  1. heavily

    Heavily is an adverb that typically means to a great degree, in large amounts, or with a great weight or force. It can refer to doing something intensely, seriously or severely. The specific meaning of "heavily" often depends on the context in which it is used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Heavilyadverb

    in a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded

  2. Heavilyadverb

    as if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully

  3. Etymology: [From 2d Heavy.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HEAVILY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2481

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HEAVILY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4591

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HEAVILY' in Adverbs Frequency: #204

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HEAVILY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HEAVILY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of HEAVILY in a Sentence

  1. Tess Graham:

    Snoring is heavy, high volume breathing and it happens at night because women are breathing too heavily during the day.

  2. Liu Jingde:

    The market was more stable after it slumped so heavily of late, the main reason may be some blue chip stocks were supporting the market, capping the indexes' falls.

  3. Andrew Solomon:

    A lot of teams rely way too heavily on two or three kids to pitch and those kids are getting overpitched from a pretty young age.

  4. Alyssa Rhoden:

    Because the surface of Mimas is heavily cratered, we thought it was just a frozen block of ice, iWOWs, such as Enceladus and Europa, tend to be fractured and show other signs of geologic activity. Turns out, Mimas' surface was tricking us, and our new understanding has greatly expanded the definition of a potentially habitable world in our solar system and beyond.

  5. Bob Falcon:

    The charitable deduction will be used more heavily to help married couples to get over the $ 24,000 threshold, i will probably itemize.

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