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heftily en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English hefty Middle English -ly English -ly English heftily From hefty + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a hefty manner; heavily.
   • [A] lightly moustached and heftily corseted matron, true blue and scaresomely indigenous, cried out in reply, ‘Not at all, dear. What's Irish about him? He's a British subject living in Ulster!’ 1990, Richard Kearney, Migrations: The Irish at Home & Abroad, Wolfhound Press, published 1976, page 23:

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