heavily

Definition

  • adverb: to a great degree
  • synonyms: sorrowfully, greatly, intensely

Examples

  • The decision weighs 'heavily' on my mind. [=the decision is difficult and causes me to feel worried]

  • Our flowers were 'heavily' damaged by a late spring frost.

  • She sighed 'heavily' then said “Okay, I'll do it.”

Movie quotes

  • (..) The following year, his wife died, and he was left a childless widower... with an rating and a share. He became morose and isolated, began to drink heavily. On September , , he was fired... effective in two weeks. The news was broken to him by Max Schumacher... (..)
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