HEAV'ILY, adverb hev'ily. [from heavy.] With great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded. 1. With great weight of grief; grievously; afflictively. When calamities fall heavily on the christian, he finds consolation in Christ. 2. Sorrowfully; with grief. I came hither to transport the tidings, Which I have heavily borne. 3. With an air of sorrow or dejection. Why looks your Grace so heavily to day? 4. With weight; oppressively. Taxes sometimes bear heavily on the people. 5. Slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; as, to move heavily So they drove them heavily Exodus 14:25.
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