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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : hev-uh-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv ə li |
Definition of heavily
Origin :- Old English hefiglice "violently, intensely; sorrowfully; sluggishly," from hefig (see heavy) + -ly (2).
- adv laboriously
- His tall figure was proportionately broad, and he was heavily fleshed.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "Them poplars out there ought to be taken away," he said heavily.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- His dark, heavily fringed eyes looked at her from a pale face.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "It comes too late," sighed Caleb, heavily; and the letter fell from his hands.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Why have I been so heavily visited, and why have you gone free?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Calendar got heavily out of his chair, reaching for his hat and umbrella.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Finding the Dog able to do it immensely, made the match, and heavily backed the Dog.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The husband and wife had both got heavily to their feet, and stood, embarrassed.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Most heavily, he says, they take it; but shew not so much grief as rage.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Don't take so heavily my mother's partiality and prejudices.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
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