heavily

adv

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

1. With a great weight.

   “heavily burdened”

   “She fell heavily into bed.”

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.”

3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.

   “heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls”

   “Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.”

4. So as to be thick or heavy.

   “heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms”

5. In a laboured manner.

   “he breathed heavily”