heavily
part of speech
adverb (heavily)
meaning for a pupil
1) Heavily means in a heavy way: with great weight or force. tree →
2) Heavily means very much, a lot, or to a great degree (it rained heavily, heavily damaged). tree →
3) Heavily can mean slowly and with effort, as if tired or sad (she sighed heavily). tree →
4) Heavily can also mean deeply and soundly, as when someone sleeps heavily. tree →
sense in the lessons
In weather reports, «raining heavily» or «snowing heavily» means a lot. In stories, a character who breathes heavily is tired or scared; one who sits down heavily is tired or sad. In safety: heavily loaded bags and vehicles need care. In maths and science, «depends heavily on» means depends a lot. Phrases: rain heavily, breathe heavily, heavily armed, heavily damaged, rely heavily on.
examples
- It rained heavily all afternoon, so we stayed inside. tree →
- He was breathing heavily after running up the hill. tree →
- The truck was heavily loaded with logs. tree →
- She sat down heavily on the sofa. tree →
- The town was heavily damaged by the storm. tree →
- The team relies heavily on its goalie. tree →
- Snow fell heavily during the night. tree →
- After that it dropped on the ground and slept heavily. tree →
note
Adverb from «heavy»: y becomes i + -ly. Pronounce HEV-i-lee. Do not confuse with «hardly» (almost not).
In the corpora
- "Heavyset" is an American way to say fat or heavily built.
- Some borders are marked by walls and fences, such as the heavily guarded border between North and South Korea.
- In later life Solomon turned to other gods and taxed his people heavily.
- Callisto is the most heavily cratered object in the Solar System, with a very old surface hardly changed for about 4 billion years.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «heavily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.