# heavily

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈhɛvɪli/ · frequency rank #2,793

## Definitions
1. With a great weight.
2. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
3. In a manner designed for heavy duty.
4. So as to be thick or heavy.
5. In a laboured manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **heavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavily-vs-heavy)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavily-vs-heaving)
- **Healy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healy-vs-heavily)
- **heavier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavier-vs-heavily)
- **heavenly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavenly-vs-heavily)
- **heartily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heartily-vs-heavily)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ehavily`, `haevily`, `heaivly`, `heavilly`, `heavilyy`, `heaviyl`, `heavliy`, `heavvily`, `hevaily`, `hheavily`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heavily