heavily
adverb (WEIGHING A LOT) /ˈhev.ɪ.li/Definition
› in a way which needs a lot of effort to move or lift: The news she had received weighed heavily on her (= worried her).Thick, dense and heavy
(Definition of heavily adverb (WEIGHING A LOT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- chunky adjective
- cumbersome adjective
- dense adjective (THICK)
- densely adverb
- density noun (THICKNESS)
- heaviness noun (WEIGHING A LOT)
- heavy adjective (WEIGHING A LOT)
- hefty adjective
- lumpen adjective (OBJECT)
- ponderous adjective
- sludgy adjective
- thick adjective (CLOSE TOGETHER)
- thick adjective (NOT FLOWING)
- thicken verb
- thickness noun
- unwieldy adjective (DIFFICULT TO MOVE)
- weigh a ton idiom
- weight noun (HEAVINESS)
- weighty adjective (HEAVY)
- wiry adjective
Topic:
Thick, dense and heavy
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