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How to spell heavy

Heavy is spelled H-E-A-V-Y.

hear itheav·y/'hɛvi/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: Having a lot of weight; not light.

In a sentence: The heavy box was full of toys.

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Same family: heavily, heaviness, heavier, heaviest, weighty. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Heavy comes from Old English 'hefig', related to the word 'heave', which means to lift or raise. The idea is that something heavy is hard to heave or lift.

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