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HEAVILY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To a considerable degree
Example:
he relied heavily on others' data
Synonyms:
heavily; to a great extent
Classified under:
Pertainym:
heavy (unusually great in degree or quantity or number)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Indulging excessively
Example:
he drank heavily
Synonyms:
hard; heavily; intemperately
Classified under:
Antonym:
lightly (indulging with temperance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a labored manner
Example:
he breathed heavily
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
heavy (of comparatively great physical weight or density)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Slowly as if burdened by much weight
Example:
time hung heavy on their hands
Synonyms:
heavily; heavy
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
heavy (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness)
Sense 5
Meaning:
In a manner designed for heavy duty
Example:
heavily armed
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
heavy-duty (designed for heavy work)
Sense 6
Meaning:
In a heavy-footed manner
Example:
he walked heavily up the three flights to his room
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
heavy (slow and laborious because of weight)
Sense 7
Meaning:
With great force
Example:
she hit her arm heavily against the wall
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
heavy (of great intensity or power or force)
Context examples:
In normal tissue, mucin exists as heavily glycosylated form, while tumor-associated mucin molecules are hypo-glycosylated.
(Anti-MUC-1 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite their difficulties, they both appeared to cope with these challenges by relying heavily on vision and other senses.
(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)
Either possiblity for the interior of Mimas would be interesting, according to Tajeddine, as the moon's heavily cratered outward appearance does not suggest anything unusual lies beneath its surface.
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
On such a subject, sighing heavily, can I have little temptation to be diffuse.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He slept heavily all night, and did not stir until aroused by the postman on his morning round.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He entered with a weariness and lethargy which was even more painful than his violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into the armchair which I pushed forward for him.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At first the little creatures, many though they were, could hardly stir the heavily loaded truck; but the Woodman and the Scarecrow both pushed from behind, and they got along better.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed a dark, heavily cratered world whose brightest area is made of highly reflective salts — not ice.
(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)
She found him sleeping heavily, and all her efforts to awaken him were of no avail.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
