Adverb

(en adverb)

In a bitter manner.

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Adverb

(en adverb)

In a heavy manner.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.

With a great weight.

To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

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*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

In a manner designed for heavy duty.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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So as to be thick or heavy.

In a laboured manner.