Heavily vs. Hardly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Heavily and Hardly
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Heavily
With a great weight or burden
Heavily laden.
Hardly
To almost no degree; barely at all; almost not
I could hardly hear the speaker.
Heavily
Very slowly and with difficulty; laboriously
Walking heavily through the snow.
Hardly
Probably or surely not
He is hardly the kind of guy you would want to date. It's hardly a secret that they are engaged.
Heavily
Greatly or severely
Heavily in debt.
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Hardly
With great difficulty or effort
I could hardly get up the stairs.
Heavily
In a heavy manner.
She fell heavily into bed.
He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots.
The great clod trod heavily on my toes!
Hardly
With severity; harshly
"The winter months would deal hardly with many of these poor folk" (William Black).
Heavily
With a great weight.
Heavily burdened
Hardly
(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
They hardly ever watch television; I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather; it's hardly possible he could lose the election.
Heavily
To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.
He drank heavily.
Heavily in debt;
Heavily tattooed
Heavily pregnant
Hardly
With difficulty.
Heavily
In a manner designed for heavy duty.
Heavily armed soldiers;
Heavily armoured tanks;
Heavily reinforced walls
Hardly
Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
Heavily
So as to be thick or heavy.
Heavily built young men;
His heavily muscled arms
Hardly
Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
Heavily
In a laboured manner.
He breathed heavily
Hardly
Not really.
I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!
Heavily
In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.
Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration.
Hardly
In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
Recovering hardly what he lost before.
Heavily
As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily.
Why looks your grace so heavily to-day?
Hardly
Unwillingly; grudgingly.
The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent.
Heavily
Greatly; intensely; as, heavily involved in a plot; heavily invested in real estate.
Hardly
Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good.
Heavily
In large quantity; as, it rained heavily.
Hardly
Severely; harshly; roughly.
He has in many things been hardly used.
Heavily
To a considerable degree;
He relied heavily on others' data
Hardly
Confidently; hardily.
Heavily
In a heavy-footed manner;
He walked heavily up the three flights to his room
Hardly
Certainly; surely; indeed.
Heavily
With great force;
She hit her arm heavily against the wall
Hardly
By a small margin;
They could barely hear the speaker
We hardly knew them
Just missed being hit
Had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave
Heavily
In a manner designed for heavy duty;
A heavily constructed car
Heavily armed
Hardly
Almost not;
He hardly ever goes fishing
He was hardly more than sixteen years old
They scarcely ever used the emergency generator
Heavily
Slowly as if burdened by much weight;
Time hung heavy on their hands
Heavily
Indulging excessively;
He drank heavily
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