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heavily adverb [ ˈhɛvɪli ]

• to a great degree; in large amounts.
• "it was raining heavily"
Similar: laboriously, slowly, ponderously, steadily, deliberately, woodenly, stiffly, with heavy steps, with leaden steps, with difficulty, painfully, awkwardly, clumsily, gloomily, dejectedly, sluggishly, dully, decisively, utterly, completely, thoroughly, totally, conclusively, roundly, soundly, absolutely, bigly, excessively, to excess, immoderately, copiously, inordinately, intemperately, a great deal, too much, very much, overmuch, to a great extent, to too great an extent, without restraint, without control, densely, closely, thickly, compactly, deeply, extremely, very, greatly, exceedingly, enormously, terribly, tremendously, awfully, profoundly, seriously, majorly, jolly, ever so,
Opposite: easily, quickly, narrowly, moderately, lightly, to a limited extent,
• with a lot of force or effort; with weight.
• "she fell heavily to the ground"


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