heavilyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 hevely, hevyliche, from 古期英語 hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy +‎ -ly.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɛvɪli/

副詞

heavily (comparative more heavily, superlative most heavily)

1. With a great weight.

   heavily burdened

   She fell heavily into bed.

   He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.

   The great clod trod heavily on my toes!

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; […] ; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

2. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

   He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.

   He drank heavily.

   heavily in debt;   heavily tattooed

   heavily pregnant

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

   • 2020 October 19, Miriam Jordan, “Migrant Workers Restricted to Farms Under One Grower’s Virus Lockdown”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2020-10-19:

     In Virginia, gone are the weekly outings to Walmart to stock up on provisions; to El Ranchito, the Mexican convenience store, to buy shell-shaped concha pastries; and to the laundromat to machine wash heavily soiled garments.

3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.

   heavily armed soldiers;   heavily armoured tanks;   heavily reinforced walls

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

4. So as to be thick or heavy.

   heavily built young men;   his heavily muscled arms

5. In a laboured manner.

   he breathed heavily

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