heavily

adverb5

1. •
   With a great weight.

   • She fell heavily into bed.
   • He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.
2. •
   a lot, or very much

   • He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.
   • Your advice still weighs heavily with me.
3. •
   In a manner designed for heavy duty.

   • 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
4. •
   In a laboured manner.

   • he breathed heavily
5. •
   So as to be thick or heavy.

   • heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms