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hevy

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛːviː/

“hevy” is a Middle English word. Its 18 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. Having great weight; heavy.
  2. Having great force or intensity.
  3. Having great importance or meaning.
  4. Difficult to bear or accomplish; burdensome.
  5. Slow in movement.
  6. Lacking in vitality due to factors such as fatigue, age, disease or conscience.
  7. Burdened with woe or sorrow; sad, troubled.
  8. Angry or vexed (usually formed with to).
  9. Grave, serious.
  10. ill, infamous, bad
  11. Having an offensive odor.
  12. Low in pitch.

adverb

  1. With weight; heavily.
  2. In a troubling or burdensome manner.
  3. In a displeased or vexed manner.
  4. With sorrow or woe; heavy-heartedly.

noun

  1. The quality of being heavy; heaviness.
  2. Physical affliction.

Etymology

From Old English hefiġ, from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz, equivalent to heven + -y.

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