1
: to a great degree : severely
2
: slowly and laboriously : dully
3
archaic
: with sorrow : grievously
4
: in a heavy manner
Examples of heavily in a Sentence
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.”
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From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The company has already laid off more than 100 people, according to sources, started discounting heavily, and had stopped paying deposits to emerging brands.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
The new tax law could restructure compensation in an emerging industry to draw even more heavily on gratuities.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
At the lower end, still delivers 80% discharge capacity (most lithium batteries would shut down or degrade heavily).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The company has already laid off more than 100 people, according to sources, started discounting heavily, and had stopped paying deposits to emerging brands.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
The new tax law could restructure compensation in an emerging industry to draw even more heavily on gratuities.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
At the lower end, still delivers 80% discharge capacity (most lithium batteries would shut down or degrade heavily).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heavily
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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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