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| Main Entry: |
heavily
 [hev-uh-lee] 
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | laboriously |
| Synonyms: | dejectedly, densely, dully, gloomily, massively, ponderously, profoundly, sluggishly, tediously, thickly, wearily, weightily |
| Antonyms: | easily, gently, lightly |
| Main Entry: | sadly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unhappily |
| Synonyms: | cheerlessly, dejectedly, dismally, dolefully, gloomily, grievously, joylessly, morosely, sorrowfully, wistfully |
| Antonyms: | happily |
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Example Sentences
- But he watched dejectedly as the ball settled into the bleachers.
- Near them, an elderly couple sat dejectedly on their bags.
- Benes walked off the mound and dejectedly pulled off his glove.
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