heavily : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heavily	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for heavily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heavily adv to a considerable degree; "he relied heavily on others' data" Synonym(s): heavily, to a great extent in a heavy-footed manner; "he walked heavily up the three flights to his room" with great force; "she hit her arm heavily against the wall" in a manner designed for heavy duty; "a heavily constructed car"; "heavily armed" slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" Synonym(s): heavy, heavily in a labored manner; "he breathed heavily" indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" Synonym(s): heavily, intemperately, hard Antonym(s): lightly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heavily \Heav"ily\, adv. [From 2d {Heavy}.] 1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily* on a thing; to be heavily loaded. Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration. --The Century. 2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully. And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily. --Ex. xiv. 25. Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? --Shak.