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. — aandrusiak

    ruЗдание сильно пострадало от огня. — GranD

    deDas Gebäude wurde durch einen Brand schwer beschädigt. — samueldora

  2. It is raining heavily.

    Йде сильний дощ. — lingvokrolik

    ruИдёт сильный дождь. — al_ex_an_der

    deEs regnet stark. — Wuzzy

  3. Tom has been drinking very heavily.

  4. Her husband is heavily dependent on drugs.

    ruЕё муж плотно сидит на наркотиках. — Avelesy

  5. I was drinking heavily in those days.

    ruЯ в то время здорово пил. — marafon

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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