Heavily

Examples

• Crittenden had a severe engagement with some of Hill's corps on his crossing the river, and lost heavily. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He looked vacantly upon the crowd, and fell heavily to the ground. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He slipped off his worn down-trodden shoes, and cast himself heavily, all wet as he was, upon the bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She looked like a woman with a monomania, furtive almost, but heavily proud. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He suffered heavily, did my unfortunate boy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They were all loaded heavily and they climbed slowly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The woman fixed a wild and startled look on Tom, as if a new thought had struck her; and then, heavily groaning, said, O God a' mercy! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The country was heavily wooded at all the points of crossing, particularly on the south side of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I have one great fault to find with Tom, however, which I cannot forgive, and for which I take him heavily to account. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Good morning, reddleman, she said, hardly troubling to lift her heavily shaded eyes to his. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Never have I heard of him, Pablo said heavily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The country about was generally heavily timbered, but with occasional clearings. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Dinner passed heavily. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mr. Stiggins took up a fresh piece of toast, and groaned heavily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My Tamsie, he whispered heavily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Thou wilt blow no bridge, Pablo said heavily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The rain fell heavily, drearily. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Hovey was still being heavily pressed, and was calling on me for more reinforcements. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But her confession would have to be postponed; and the chill of the delay settled heavily on her fagged spirit. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The boys had white umbrellas heavily lined with dark green. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• May the wheels of their chariots be taken off, said the Jew, like those of the host of Pharaoh, that they may drive heavily! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In all this we lost very heavily. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When they came to some heavily shaded spots, the fine trees were marked T to indicate that the work in getting through them would be tough. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Half-way up were a couple of small, heavily barred windows. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• For the present, it still poured heavily, and the ground was in a perfect sop. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The next two or three days dragged by heavily. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• You are militarizing heavily, Pilar said and laughed at him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The air-lock is a cylinder, usually about six feet in diameter and twenty feet in length, with a heavily constructed iron door at each end. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She pulled a little handkerchief out of her muff and began to sob heavily into it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Editor: William