• IPA: /ˈhɛvɪli/

heavily

1. In a heavy manner.

   She fell heavily into bed.

   He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.

   The great clod trod heavily on my toes!

2. With a great weight.

   heavily burdened

3. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

   He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.

   He drank heavily.

   heavily in debt;   heavily tattooed

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

4. In a manner designed for heavy duty.

   heavily armed soldiers;   heavily armoured tanks;   heavily reinforced walls

5. So as to be thick or heavy.

   heavily built young men;   his heavily muscled arms

6. In a laboured manner.

   he breathed heavily

• Russian: тяжело́
• Spanish: pesadamente

• Russian: тяжело́

• Russian: тяжело́