1
: to a great degree : severely
2
: slowly and laboriously : dully
3
archaic
: with sorrow : grievously
4
: in a heavy manner
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of heavily in a Sentence
He relies heavily on his wife for advice.
These artists borrow heavily from Picasso.
Our flowers were heavily damaged by a late spring frost.
She drank and smoked heavily for years.
He sat down heavily on the couch.
He was leaning heavily on the table.
She sighed heavily then said “Okay, I'll do it.”
Recent Examples on the Web
At only 3, Grace — whom Bindi shares with her husband and fellow conservationist, Chandler Powell — is already heavily involved with the Australia Zoo herself.
—
Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
Apple is heavily dependent on China’s workforce to manufacture its products, and sales in the region have topped $70 billion in recent years.
—Dell Cameron Andrew Couts, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
The neighborhood's modern identity stems from the post-war history of the area, but its continuous development is heavily reliant on today's youth culture trends.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
Tabassum’s graduation speech was unceremoniously canceled by the school, which cited safety concerns, after the contents of her social media page were heavily scrutinized, drawing complaints by community members and onlookers alike.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
The behavior of some of the segment’s early users, though, also raise some potential issues if The Underline, as its sponsors fervently hope, becomes heavily traveled.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
April 19, 2024: Swift’s relationship with Healy weighs heavily on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
But the victory, which had clips circulating online, was investigated after it was heavily scrutinized for being rigged, with local media even describing it as damaging to the reputation of Chinese marathons.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
This strategy allows the shapes to work inside homes that aren’t heavily Mediterranean or Moorish-influenced, such as her dark basement bathroom.
—Chantal Lamers, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2024
Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
Apple is heavily dependent on China’s workforce to manufacture its products, and sales in the region have topped $70 billion in recent years.
—Dell Cameron Andrew Couts, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
The neighborhood's modern identity stems from the post-war history of the area, but its continuous development is heavily reliant on today's youth culture trends.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
Tabassum’s graduation speech was unceremoniously canceled by the school, which cited safety concerns, after the contents of her social media page were heavily scrutinized, drawing complaints by community members and onlookers alike.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
The behavior of some of the segment’s early users, though, also raise some potential issues if The Underline, as its sponsors fervently hope, becomes heavily traveled.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
April 19, 2024: Swift’s relationship with Healy weighs heavily on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
But the victory, which had clips circulating online, was investigated after it was heavily scrutinized for being rigged, with local media even describing it as damaging to the reputation of Chinese marathons.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
This strategy allows the shapes to work inside homes that aren’t heavily Mediterranean or Moorish-influenced, such as her dark basement bathroom.
—Chantal Lamers, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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