Weighty Definition

wātē
weightier, weightiest
adjective
weightier, weightiest
Having much weight; very heavy; ponderous.
Webster's New World
Burdensome; oppressive.
Weighty responsibilities.
Webster's New World
Of great significance or moment; serious.
Weighty matters of state.
Webster's New World
Of great influence, power, importance, etc.
Webster's New World
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
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Other Word Forms of Weighty

Adjective

Base Form:
weighty
Comparative:
weightier
Superlative:
weightiest

Origin of Weighty

  • weight +"Ž -y

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Weighty Sentence Examples

  • The zippers are weighty and secured well.

  • They possess few reliable characters; their modifications are not weighty, and it is almost certain that some of these characters, and even combinations thereof, have been developed independently and in different countries.

  • Lord Birkenhead brought to the performance of his new duties the vigour which had always been characteristic of him; his judgments in the two final Courts of Appeal were weighty and lucid; and he quickly made himself a force in the Lords' debates.

  • His description of the different kinds of ploughs is interesting; and he justly recommends such as were drawn by two horses (some even by one horse) in preference to the weighty and clumsy machines which required four or more horses or oxen.

  • Their influence in these respects was weighty and important.

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