heavily

Etymology

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

adv

1. 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. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
2. 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
   heavily pregnant
3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.
   heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls
   Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess
4. So as to be thick or heavy.
   heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms
5. In a laboured manner.
   he breathed heavily