Examples: he relied heavily on others' data
Examples: he walked heavily up the three flights to his room
Examples: she hit her arm heavily against the wall
Examples: a heavily constructed car heavily armed
Examples: time hung heavy on their hands
Examples: he breathed heavily
Examples: he drank heavily
heavily (English)├── -ly (English)│ ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))│ └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))└── heavy (English) └── hevy (Middle English (1100-1500))
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