What is the Latin word for heavily?

The usual Latin words for “heavily” are gravis, tardus, cadō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“heavily” in Latin

gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hard tardusslow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingering cadōto fall, to fall out; to fall in battle, die, be slain, fall so as to be unable to rise; to be frustrated, fail, to be o

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

heavily

graviter (e.g., to fall, cadere or concidere †): tarde (slowly; e.g., to dance, membra tarde or minus molliter movere; after Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 25). Anything falls heavily upon me, or bears heavily upon me, grave mihi est aliquid; grave mihi duco (with infinitive.): to complain heavily, graviter queri aliquid: Heavily-laden, gravis oneribus (e.g., of a ship): to breathe heavily, aegre ducere spiritum: to walk heavily, tarde ire or ingredi; tardo pede or gradu incedere; lente incedere (of men or animals): to move heavily, lente moveri (of things; e.g., machines).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for heavily?: The usual Latin words for “heavily” are gravis, tardus, cadō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.