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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Judge Cannone said the goal was to better understand evidence being discussed in the case which centers heavily around the state in which O’Keefe was discovered and how Read reacted.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Two years earlier, local women’s team FC Lyon had officially become a part of the Olympique Lyonnais organisation, and Jean-Michel Aulas, overall club president at the time, invested heavily.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
D'Andre Swift struggled heavily last year and Roschon Johnson hasn’t had a big role with the team yet.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Trump’s comments have weighed heavily on the Canadian elections thus far, with the Liberal Party utilizing a Canadian wave of nationalism that has resulted from the ongoing trade concerns.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Two years earlier, local women’s team FC Lyon had officially become a part of the Olympique Lyonnais organisation, and Jean-Michel Aulas, overall club president at the time, invested heavily.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
D'Andre Swift struggled heavily last year and Roschon Johnson hasn’t had a big role with the team yet.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Trump’s comments have weighed heavily on the Canadian elections thus far, with the Liberal Party utilizing a Canadian wave of nationalism that has resulted from the ongoing trade concerns.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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