heavily

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/ˈhɛvɪli/

adv 5

Collocations

ADJ.

all, damaged, dependent, electro-magnetic, pretty, rained, red

The old bridge was heavily damaged in the storm last winter.

VERB + HEAVILY

bears, began, building, clomped, fell, get, losing, matter

The rain fell heavily on the roof during the storm last night.

HEAVILY + NOUN

bed, day, government, hours, stairs

She climbed the heavily worn stairs to reach the apartment on the third floor.

PREP.

down, during, in, into, on, up

It rained heavily during the entire wedding ceremony yesterday.

ADV.

consequently

The factory polluted the river heavily, and consequently the fish population declined dramatically.

Definitions

adv

With a great weight.

heavily burdened

She fell heavily into bed.

To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.

He drank heavily.

In a manner designed for heavy duty.

heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.

So as to be thick or heavy.

heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms

In a laboured manner.

he breathed heavily

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — indulging excessively

intemperately
hard

adverb — slowly as if burdened by much weight

heavy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

heavily burdened

Wiktionary

She fell heavily into bed.

Wiktionary

He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.

Wiktionary

The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.

Tatoeba · #23543

I had hardly left home when it began to rain heavily.

Tatoeba · #24123

It rained heavily.

Tatoeba · #26701

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