Quantity
Synonyms for heavily
The synonym for heavily recorded in this bank is profusely, in the sense "in large amount or degree". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for heavily
- profuselyadverb, in the sense "in large amount or degree"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day heavily is audited in a second meaning.
in large amount or degree.
The wound bled heavily despite the pressure bandage.
The true synonym
profusely
Same sentence, swapped: The wound bled profusely despite the pressure bandage.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- silently
- painfully
- slowly
Where heavily turns up in the game
heavily is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where heavily is the trap
- slowlyadverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is tardily, in the sense "without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')", and heavily is on the board beside it.
Play heavily
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so heavily reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other quantity words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. heavily carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.