Meaning

5 senses
  1. With a great weight.

    heavily burdened

    She fell heavily into bed.

    with great force

  2. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

    He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.

    Your advice still weighs heavily with me.

    to a considerable degree

  3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.

    heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls

    тяжело́tjaželó, тяжело́tjaželó, си́льноsílʹno

    in a manner designed for heavy duty

  4. So as to be thick or heavy.

    heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms

    in a heavy-footed manner

  5. In a laboured manner.

    he breathed heavily

    тяжело́tjaželó, с трудо́мs trudóm

    in a labored manner

Examples

314 sentences
  1. The building was heavily damaged by fire.

    Будівля сильно постраждала від вогню.

    ruЗдание сильно пострадало от огня.

    deDas Gebäude wurde durch einen Brand schwer beschädigt.

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  2. It is raining heavily.

    Йде сильний дощ.

    ruИдёт сильный дождь.

    deEs regnet stark.

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  3. Tom has been drinking very heavily.

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  4. Her husband is heavily dependent on drugs.

    ruЕё муж плотно сидит на наркотиках.

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  5. I was drinking heavily in those days.

    ruЯ в то время здорово пил.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
in a manner designed for heavy duty:
in a heavy manner:
in a laboured manner:

Origin

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”),

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

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Forms

more heavily, most heavily
Comparativemore heavily Lesson
Superlativemost heavily

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • raining heavily
  • was raining heavily
  • snowing heavily
  • drinking heavily

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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