01 adv. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.
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In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.“Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration.” — The Century.
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As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.“And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily.” — Ex. xiv. 25.“Why looks your grace so heavily to-day?” — Shak.
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Greatly; intensely; as, heavily involved in a plot; heavily invested in real estate.
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In large quantity; as, it rained heavily.