heavily

adverb

ˈhe-və-lē How to pronounce heavily (audio)
Definition of heavilynext
as in extremely
to a great degree heavily spiced sausage the family was heavily in debt

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Recent Examples of heavily House Republican leader Vincent Candelora of North Branford said the state relies too heavily on funding education out of real property taxes. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 In 2022, Jontay had met Johnny Kalaj, a heavily tattooed fitness influencer. — New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026 The Hawks played three seniors, four juniors and a sophomore against a DeLand team that also relied heavily on underclass girls. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026 Trump is also poised to lean heavily on his veto pen in the next Congress, presenting a major obstacle for Democrats' legislative priorities. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heavily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavily
  1. extremely
  2. highly
  3. terribly
  4. very
  5. incredibly
  6. badly
  7. severely
  8. too
Adverb
  • How Cube Steak Is Used and Cooked Cube steak is extremely versatile.
    — Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026
  • California has gotten extremely soft on accountability with youth.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • Tuesday’s lawsuit is the fourth legal challenge brought against the president’s highly controversial monument.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The economic ripple effects of a case Those indirect costs can add up quickly because measles is highly contagious and a single infected person can expose dozens of others.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Even if those numbers aren’t precisely right, the idea that Kucherov asked to be traded suggests the two sides are not terribly close.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But then this is not exactly a grittily realistic flashback, or one terribly concerned with details of historical timeline.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • In the mid-1970s, the building housing the Westin opened as the very first Holiday Inn resort in the Caribbean, with Buoy Haus’s beachfront location opening as a low-rise motor inn shortly after.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • After multiple attempts to press forward, the message of the direction of the school was received very clearly.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Fortunately for the script, other British and Hessian reënactors had arrived via freeway and the incredibly vast Orchard Beach parking lot.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Humanity is both incredibly advanced and evolved and deeply stunted.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • Then poachers kill his partner and child, leaving Norden badly wounded.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Now evicted from her West Wing corner office, with the president’s agenda in tatters, Wiles has learned that fealty to Trump almost always ends badly.
    — Chris Whipple, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of badly
Adverb
  • Hospitals in the north lack health workers, medicines and equipment, while ambulance services are severely limited and insecurity is obstructing medical deliveries, Tedros said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Utley fractured the vertebrae in his neck and severely damaged his spinal cord.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of severely
Adverb
  • Mercury retrograde in Scorpio leaves room for private reflection, too.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Hope spent much of its time ferrying sailors and the wounded from other ships or ports to military hospitals, and like the Comfort, it too was attacked multiple times, though each attack failed, usually just missing the ship.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of too

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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavily. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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