Yes. It means in a heavy, weighty, or extensive manner.
"He fell heavily to the floor."
"The device was heavily modified to withstand underwater pressure."
Heavily is the adverb form of heavy.Heavily
No, "heavily" is an adverb. It is used to describe how an action is done or to what extent something is done.
No, it's an adverb. The adjective is heavy.
No, the word 'heavily' is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.Example: He sank heavily into a chair after his ordeal.
Not usually. Heavy is an adjective. It modifies a noun. e.g . "a heavy cat." Heavily is an adverb. It modifies a verb. "He sighed heavily." There are, however, rare uses of 'heavy' as an adverb, most commonly where the verbs 'weigh' and 'lie' and 'hang' are used.
adverb = something that describes a verb. e.g. (Verb = snoring) (Adverb used with verb = heavily snoring) or (Verb = Kick) (Adverb used with verb = kick vigorously)
They are more heavily and most heavily. While the comparatives heavier and heaviest may be used as adverbs, they do so as forms of the word 'heavy' where it is used (rarely) as an adverb.
"Great", "greater", and "greatest" are all adjectives, more particularly the normal, comparative, and superlative degrees of the root adjective "great".
"Heavy" can be used as an adverb to describe the way something is done with weight or force, as in "He pushed the door heavy." However, this usage is considered informal or dialectical.
No, it is not. It is the past tense and past participle of the verb (to plod).
It can be, but only as the superlative form of "heavy" used as an adverb. Heavy, heavier, and heaviest are all normally adjectives. But in some rare uses, both heavy and its comparatives can be used as adverbs. e.g. The snow is falling heavier than before. (more heavily) Time hangs heaviest on their shoulders. (most heavily)
Adverbs that can modify the past tense verb "tackled" (in a football sense) include heavily, solidly, consistently, and effectively. The adjective tackled (tackled tasks, tackled runners), from the verb to tackle, has no adverb form.