Etymology

heavily

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Today it means: With a great weight. Full definition →

Middle English hevely ← Old English hefiġlīċe
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhefiġlīċe“heavily; grievously”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhevely
  3. English todayheavily

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefiġlīċe (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy + -ly.

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