Heaves (?), n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult
breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a
peculiar cough; broken wind.
Heav"i*ly (?), adv. [From 2d Heavy.] 1. 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.
The Century.
2. 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.
Ex. xiv. 25.
Why looks your grace so heavily to- day?
Shak.
heavily-traveled, heavily traveled adj. subject to much traffic or
travel; as, the region's most heavily traveled highways. Syn. --
heavily traveled. [WordNet 1.5]
Heav"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being heavy in its various
senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
Heav"ing (?), n. A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep
sighing. Addison. Shak.