heavily

heavi·ly

adverb \ˈhe-və-lē\

Definition of HEAVILY

1

: to a great degree : severely

2

: slowly and laboriously : dully

3

archaic : with sorrow : grievously

4

: in a heavy manner

Examples of HEAVILY

1. He relies heavily on his wife for advice.
2. These artists borrow heavily from Picasso.
3. Our flowers were heavily damaged by a late spring frost.
4. She drank and smoked heavily for years.
5. He sat down heavily on the couch.
6. He was leaning heavily on the table.
7. She sighed heavily then said “Okay, I'll do it.”

First Known Use of HEAVILY

before 12th century

Related to HEAVILY

Synonyms

achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, very, 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, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly

Antonyms

little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat

Related Words

absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly; deeply, profoundly; exceptionally, notably, remarkably; considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially; appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly; abundantly, plentifully; astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally; excessively, obscenely, overmuch; amazingly, astonishingly, staggeringly

Near Antonyms

meagerly, scantily; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely

Rhymes with HEAVILY

reveille