Extensively
Extensively adverb - To a large extent or degree.
Heavily and extensively are semantically related in largely topic. In some cases you can use "Heavily" instead an adverb "Extensively".
Heavily
Heavily adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: the family was heavily in debt
Extensively and heavily are semantically related in largely topic. Sometimes you can use "Extensively" instead an adverb "Heavily".
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- Dungeons & Dragons, being heavily based on The Lord of the Rings, uses this extensively.
Source: Common Tongue -
Shows Damage: The series uses this trope extensively: Type 2: 'Mechs start to emit smoke and sometimes even visible flames when they are heavily damaged.
Source: Video Game / MechWarrior - The FDF however extensively backed the 1985 re-filming despite it being much darker and edgier - and, depending on whom you ask, more realistic and loyal to the book than the 1955's heavily romanticized version.
Source: Backed by the Pentagon
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