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, heavily, 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, heavily, 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, heavily, 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. Amir Latif:

   The firing is still continuing and the police have not made any official statement but eyewitnesses said there are three to four attackers, heavily armed attackers who tried to storm the Chinese consulate and still we can hear gunshots.

2. Mike Muller:

   It's always been a heavily engineering-focused company, so it's fairly open, transparent and at times a little brutal because I guess we are a bunch of slightly autistic engineers who just want to do the right thing, it's always been' Let's agree what is the right thing to do driven by a certain amount of data', rather than it being about politics.

3. Liu Jingde:

   The market was more stable after it slumped so heavily of late, the main reason may be some blue chip stocks were supporting the market, capping the indexes' falls.

4. Shane Fitzsimmons:

   Tragically, there appear to be no survivors as a result of the crash down in the Snowy Monaro area, (The tanker) impacted heavily with the ground and initial reports are that there was a large fireball associated with the impact of the plane as it hit the ground. There is no indication at this stage of what's caused the accident.

5. Hoda Kotb:

   All I’ll say is that he was very happy and he was just thrilled to be back out on the road and he was also very sensitive, and all the weight of everything going on in the world right now was just weighing heavily on him. That’s why he felt more compelled than ever to make people laugh and bring everyone together… And he did it right up until the very last moments.