Rapidly vs Heavily - What's the difference?
rapidly | heavily |
With speed; in a rapid manner.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= In a heavy manner.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= 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)
, chapter=14 So as to be thick or heavy.
In a laboured manner.
As adverbs the difference between rapidly and heavily
is that rapidly is with speed; in a rapid manner while heavily is in a heavy manner.rapidly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
Synonyms
* (with speed) quickly, speedily * See alsoheavily
English
Adverb
(en adverb)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}