English Explanatory Dictionary

heavily

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. With a great weight.
  2. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
  3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.
  4. So as to be thick or heavy.
  5. In a laboured manner.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛvɪli/ en-us-heavily.ogg

Word forms

heavily more heavily most heavily heauily

Etymology

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

Derived words

time hangs heavily unheavily

Translations

Bulgarian: тежко Catalan: pesadament Catalan: feixugament Czech: ztěžka Esperanto: pezege Estonian: tugevalt Finnish: raskaasti Finnish: painavasti Interlingua: pesantemente Italian: pesantemente Middle English: hevyliche Russian: тяжело́ Russian: си́льно Spanish: pesadamente
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