Collocations for "heavily"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "heavily" in context.
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heavily
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- fell heavily onto the [bed, chair, floor]
- fell heavily [on, onto] her [hip, side]
- fell heavily into debt (from)
- it rained heavily [this morning, last night]
- was bleeding heavily
- [smokes, drinks] (too) heavily
- is using drugs heavily
- is heavily [using, into] drugs
- is heavily influenced by
- is heavily armed with
- a heavily armed [soldier, military]
- is heavily [reliant, dependent] on
- relies (too) heavily on
- am heavily indebted to
- is heavily populated by
- a heavily modified version
- a heavily discounted [product, TV]
- the [product] is heavily discounted
- is heavily weighted on [one side]
- [was, were] heavily punished [for, by]
- a heavily guarded [building, compound]
- a heavily populated [area, city, suburb]
- is heavily subsidized by [the government, taxes, public funds]
- is heavily regulated (by)
- heavily regulated [industries, materials]
- the area is heavily wooded
- heavily wooded [areas, hills]
- am leaning heavily towards [accepting, going]
- their [hopes, progress, plan] hinges heavily on
- the [book, movie] draws heavily (on)
- were heavily involved in
'heavily' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arm
- backed
- belly
- biased
- bleed
- bomb
- breathe
- cake
- criticize
- debt
- defended
- dependent
- edit
- feature
- frown
- hint
- import
- judgment
- keyboard
- laden
- land
- margin
- market
- outweigh
- pepper
- police
- populate
- pregnant
- punish
- rain
- rely
- siege
- snow
- stomp
- tax
- trend
- wager
- weigh