heavily
adverb
heavi·ly ˈhe-və-lē 
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
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Example Sentences
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.” See More
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing heavily
Kids Definition
heavily
adverb
heavi·ly ˈhe-və-lē
1
: with or as if with weight
Bear down heavily on your pen.
2
: in a slow and difficult way
He's breathing heavily.
3
: very much
The house was heavily damaged.
heavily
adverb
as in extremely
to a great degree heavily spiced sausage the family was heavily in debt Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- extremely
- highly
- terribly
- incredibly
- badly
- very
- severely
- too
- intensely
- so
- greatly
- damned
- wildly
- that
- damn
- desperately
- seriously
- really
- much
- far
- especially
- most
- fiercely
- super
- particularly
- jolly
- hugely
- immensely
- specially
- full
- exceptionally
- awfully
- fantastically
- deeply
- thoroughly
- vitally
- fabulously
- majorly
- enormously
- real
- supremely
- totally
- exceedingly
- way
- completely
- mighty
- vastly
- extra
- absolutely
- awful
- entirely
- uncommonly
- good and
- such
- mortally
- archly
- frightfully
- significantly
- mightily
- positively
- remarkably
- utterly
- filthy
- a lot
- exceeding
- sorely
- sore
- achingly
- passing
- eminently
- deadly
- wicked
- wholly
- bone
- extensively
- surpassingly
- stinking
- considerably
- cracking
- roaring
- thumping
- beastly
- noticeably
- fully
- whacking
- rattling
- almighty
- unco
- colossally
- roaringly
- monstrous
- dang
- blisteringly
- notably
- corking
- radically
- ever
- profoundly
- substantially
- spanking
- purely
- visibly
- obviously
- markedly
- right
- excessively
- as all get-out
- downright
- plentifully
- appreciably
- palpably
- abundantly
- obscenely
- discernibly
- altogether
- monumentally
- astronomically
- plainly
- amazingly
- astonishingly
- overmuch
- monstrously
- flat-out
- grandly
- staggeringly
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- somewhat
- slightly
- little
- nominally
- minimally
- negligibly
- marginally
- meagerly
- scantily
- barely
- just
- hardly
- scarcely