heftily
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4.5
- adverb
- /ˈhɛf.tɪ.li/
- The stock market, reliably short-termist, loved his announcement and bounced heftily.
Examples
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The charity benefitted heftily from the large donations received during the fundraising event.
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The team heftily increased their efforts to meet the project deadline.
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She invested heftily in the new startup to support its growth.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
481
1.0
To a large degree or too much
354
2.8
A fairly large amount
341
3.5
By a large, noticeable amount that makes a difference
312
1.0
By a very large amount
140
3.4
By a large amount
132
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
123
4.9
To a large degree
112
3.1
To a very large degree
107
3.5
To a very large degree
92
2.1
To a very great degree
79
4.3
In a way that causes a very large and sudden change
69
3.5
To a very large degree
54
4.6
To a very great degree
49
3.4
To a great degree
21
4.8
In very large amounts, often more than needed
18
3.5
To a very great degree
16
3.5
To a large degree
16
5.2
To a very great degree
16
7.4
To a very large degree
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
8
4.4
Says that something is extremely large, important, or impressive
6
5.8
To be much larger or higher than normal
4
4.4
In a way you can measure or clearly notice
3
5.8
To a very large degree
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
1
3.7
In a very large and clearly visible way
1
7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
1
8.9
In a very large way
1
3.8
To a fairly large degree
1
7.8
To a very large degree
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heftily also comes from heft ('weight') and hefty ('big or heavy') and so it can mean 'to a large degree'. A helpful image is a heavy change that moves the scale a lot — if something changes 'heftily', it changes by a large or significant amount.