Synonyms for heavily
ˈhɛv ə liheav·i·ly

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1. heavily, to a great extentadverb

   to a considerable degree

   "he relied heavily on others' data"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, hard, heavy, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

2. heavilyadverb

   in a heavy-footed manner

   "he walked heavily up the three flights to his room"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, hard, heavy, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

3. heavilyadverb

   with great force

   "she hit her arm heavily against the wall"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, hard, heavy, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

4. heavilyadverb

   in a manner designed for heavy duty

   "a heavily constructed car"; "heavily armed"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, hard, heavy, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

5. heavy, heavilyadverb

   slowly as if burdened by much weight

   "time hung heavy on their hands"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, hard, heavy, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

6. heavilyadverb

   in a labored manner

   "he breathed heavily"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, hard, heavy, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

7. heavily, intemperately, hardadverb

   indulging excessively

   "he drank heavily"

   Synonyms:
   intemperately, firmly, hard, heavy, severely, to a great extent

   Antonyms:
   lightly

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1. List of paraphrases for "heavily":

   strongly, severely, highly, greatly, largely, densely, widely, intensively, sharply, massively, seriously, significantly, very, strong, extensively, considerably, deeply, hard, much

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1. Dawn Laguens:

   The latest tape has at least 20 substantial and unexplained edits. Previous tapes released by this extremist group were heavily edited in order to distort what the people on the tapes actually said, these videos are intended to shock and deceive the public. For example, one video was edited to make it look like a doctor said she would.

2. President Barack Obama:

   The people who tend not to vote are young, they're lower income, they're skewed more heavily towards immigrant groups and minority groups, there's a reason why some folks try to keep them away from the polls.

3. Shannon Gilson:

   The first few weeks of June have brought unprecedented weather to our largest hubs, heavily impacting our operation and causing delays, canceled flights and disruptions to crew member schedules and our customers' plans, that, combined with the labor shortages some of our vendors are contending with and the incredibly quick ramp up of customer demand, has led us to build in additional resilience and certainty to our operation by adjusting a fraction of our scheduled flying through mid-July.

4. Dontae Martin:

   The windows were heavily tinted and they had to get very close to the vehicle, as they saw the gun they did not start firing right away.

5. Angus Gluskie:

   With many markets having been sold off heavily over recent weeks, today’s rally, like the U.S. last night, represents a speculative bounce, the market will remain susceptible to a return of negativity until we see signs of some improvement in the original causes of weakness, which were predominantly Chinese growth concerns.