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71heavy — heav·y || hevɪ adj. difficult to lift; having a great weight; very large, massive; grave, serious; deep, profound adv. heavily; with weight; oppressively; slowly, ponderously n. villainous character, antagonist (Theater); influential person… …
72“Very Old Folk, The“ — Short story (2,500 words); written on November 3, 1927. First published (in this form) in ScientiSnaps(Summer 1940); corrected text in MW In the Roman province of Hispania Citerior (Spain), the proconsul, P.Scribonius Libo, summons a… …
73ponderous — adjective 1》 slow and clumsy because of great weight. 2》 dull or laborious. Derivatives ponderosity noun ponderously adverb ponderousness noun Origin ME: via Fr. from L. ponderosus, from pondus, ponder weight …
74weightily — ad. 1. Heavily, ponderously. 2. Forcibly, impressively, significantly …
75ponderous — adjective 1 moving slowly or awkwardly because of being very big and heavy: an elephant s ponderous walk 2 boring and too serious: a ponderous and difficult book, intended for experts 3 very big and heavy: Calvin s way was blocked by the… …
76heavily — adverb 1) Dad walked heavily Syn: laboriously, slowly, ponderously, woodenly, stiffly; with difficulty, painfully, awkwardly, clumsily Ant: easily, quickly 2) we were heavily defeated …
77heavily — adverb 1) Dad walked heavily Syn: laboriously, slowly, ponderously, awkwardly, clumsily 2) we were heavily defeated Syn: decisively, conclusively, roundly, soundly, utterly, complet …
78ponderous — UK [ˈpɒndərəs] / US [ˈpɑnd(ə)rəs] adjective mainly literary 1) moving slowly because of being big and heavy 2) ponderous writing or speech is serious and boring Derived word: ponderously adverb …
79fatly — fat•ly [[t]ˈfæt li[/t]] adv. 1) in the manner of a fat person; ponderously 2) richly 3) with self satisfaction; smugly • Etymology: 1505–15 …
80heavily — heav•i•ly [[t]ˈhɛv ə li[/t]] adv. 1) with a great weight: heavily loaded[/ex] 2) ponderously; lumberingly: to walk heavily[/ex] 3) oppressively: Cares weigh heavily upon him[/ex] 4) severely; intensely: to suffer heavily[/ex] 5) densely; thickly …
