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
The strategy worked in the heavily Democratic city.
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Julia Manchester, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Of course, a number of Club names — most notably Nvidia , but the likes of Meta, Salesforce , Amazon and Microsoft too — are heavily involved in AI innovation.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
The government also heavily censors topics considered sensitive to policymakers.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson, in his first season as Cavs coach, has fostered an environment where Garland’s playing better, Mitchell is thrilled to play in an offense where he isn’t relied on as heavily, and the team gets consistent scoring from at least four players most of the time.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Julia Manchester, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Of course, a number of Club names — most notably Nvidia , but the likes of Meta, Salesforce , Amazon and Microsoft too — are heavily involved in AI innovation.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
The government also heavily censors topics considered sensitive to policymakers.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Cleveland coach Kenny Atkinson, in his first season as Cavs coach, has fostered an environment where Garland’s playing better, Mitchell is thrilled to play in an offense where he isn’t relied on as heavily, and the team gets consistent scoring from at least four players most of the time.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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