Emily Dickinson Lexicon

heavy (heavier, heaviest), adj. [OE hęfi < Germanic, weight.] (webplay: eyes, heart, large, life, light, load, news, ponderous, punishments, sea, slow, time, weary).

1. Weighty, scale-wise.
2. Tedious; laborious; burdensome.
3. Phrase. “heavy heart”: sad, sorrowful, weighty in spirit.