English-Swedish translations for heavily

• tungt
  De enskilda medlemsstaternas intressen väger tungt.The interests of the individual Member States weigh heavily.
  Framtiden för EU-demokratin vilar mycket tungt på irländarnas axlar.The future of European democracy rests very heavily on Irish shoulders.
  Kashmir bör väga tungt på våra samveten.Kashmir should weigh heavily on our consciences.

Definition of heavily

• In a heavy manner
• With a great weight
• To a considerable degree, to a great extent
• In a manner designed for heavy duty
• So as to be thick or heavy
• In a laboured manner

Examples

• She fell heavily into bed
• He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots
• The great clod trod heavily on my toes!
• heavily burdened
• He relied heavily on the data collected by the others
• He drank heavily
• heavily in debt;   heavily tattooed
• heavily armed soldiers;   heavily armoured tanks;   heavily reinforced walls
• heavily built young men;   his heavily muscled arms
• he breathed heavily

Related words

• heavily armed
• heavily indebted
• heavily built
• heavily pregnant
• it is snowing heavily