What does heavily mean?
Heavily means With a great weight..
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/ˈhɛvɪli/ · adverb
With a great weight..
heavily burdened
She fell heavily into bed.
He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.
The great clod trod heavily on my toes!
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets;[…]; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.
Your advice still weighs heavily with me.
This problem weighs heavily on my mind.
Use heavily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heavily means With a great weight..
Common synonyms include heavy, hard, intemperately, to a great extent.
Possible antonyms include lightly.
heavily burdened
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