Heftily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a hefty manner; heavily.
"[A] lightly moustached and heftily corseted matron, true blue and scaresomely indigenous, cried out in reply, ‘Not at all, dear. What's Irish about him? He's a British subject living in Ulster!’"
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More examples"[A] lightly moustached and heftily corseted matron, true blue and scaresomely indigenous, cried out in reply, ‘Not at all, dear. What's Irish about him? He's a British subject living in Ulster!’"
Etymology
From hefty + -ly.