heavily
With a great weight.
Adverb 4 meanings
With a great weight.
“heavily burdened”
To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
“He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.”
In a manner designed for heavy duty.
“heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls”
So as to be thick or heavy.
“heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms”
Etymology
From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.
HEAVILY at a glance
HEAVILY has 7 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + V 4 + I 1 + L 1 + Y 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,733 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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