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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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