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heftily

heftily adverb: in a hefty manner; heavily.

Adverb

heftily (comparative more heftily, superlative most heftily)

  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!’1990, Richard Kearney, Migrations: The Irish at Home & Abroad, Wolfhound Press, published 1976, page 23

Forms of heftily

comparativemore heftily
superlativemost heftily

Origin of heftily

From hefty + -ly.

Questions about heftily

What does heftily mean?
Heftily means in a hefty manner; heavily.
What part of speech is heftily?
Heftily is an adverb.

Words near heftily in the dictionary

  1. hefted
  2. hefter
  3. hefters
  4. heftier
  5. heftiest
  6. heftily
  7. heftiness
  8. hefting
  9. hefts
  10. hefty
  11. Heftys

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