heavily

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   To a great degree; very much.

   The researchers relied heavily on others' data.

2. 2
   adv

   With a lot of force or weight.

   They hit their arm heavily against the wall.

3. 3
   adv

   In a slow, hard, or tired way.

   I breathed heavily after the workout.

4. 4
   adv

   In a way that involves too much of something.

   He had been drinking heavily for years.

Common collocations

• heavily armed Adverb + adjective

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

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