The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.
Source: tatoeba (23543)
Heavily
//ˈhɛvɪli//
Synonyms for "heavily" (80 found)
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Related words (40)
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5 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- мъчително adv (in a laboured manner)
- с усилия adv (in a laboured manner)
- тежко adv (in a heavy manner)
Catalan
2 entries- feixugament adv (in a heavy manner)
- pesadament adv (in a heavy manner)
Czech
3 entries- těžce adv (in a manner designed for heavy duty)
- ztěžka adv (in a heavy manner)
- ztěžka adv (in a laboured manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- pezege adv (in a heavy manner)
Estonian
1 entries- tugevalt adv (in a heavy manner)
Finnish
4 entries- painavasti adv (in a heavy manner)
- raskaasti adv (in a heavy manner)
- raskaasti adv (in a manner designed for heavy duty)
- raskaasti adv (in a laboured manner)
Interlingua
1 entries- pesantemente adv (in a heavy manner)
Italian
3 entries- fortemente adv (in a manner designed for heavy duty)
- intensamente adv (in a laboured manner)
- pesantemente adv (in a heavy manner)
Middle English
1 entries- hevyliche adv (in a heavy manner)
Russian
4 entries- с трудо́м adv (in a laboured manner)
- си́льно adv (in a heavy manner)
- тяжело́ adv (in a heavy manner)
- тяжело́ adv (in a manner designed for heavy duty)
Spanish
2 entries- pesadamente adv (in a heavy manner)
- pesadamente adv (in a laboured manner)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
I had hardly left home when it began to rain heavily.
Source: tatoeba (24123)
It rained heavily.
Source: tatoeba (26701)
It rained heavily, and consequently the baseball game was called off.
Source: tatoeba (26962)
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