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weighty Definition

weighty ()

adjective weighti·er, weighti·est

  1. having much weight; very heavy; ponderous
  2. burdensome; oppressive weighty responsibilities
  3. of great significance or moment; serious weighty matters of state
  4. of great influence, power, importance, etc.

weighty Related Forms

weighti·ly adverb weighti·ness noun

weighty Usage Examples

Preposition: as

word: He will pass judgments and render verdicts, and what he says will be as weighty as the words of Ninjiczida and Dumuzid.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

have: Look at verse 36: " I have testimony weightier than that of John.

Modifies a noun

  • tome: I suspect far more people became better informed from the site visit than any weighty tome.
  • matter: I saw him in council rooms, discussing weighty matters.
  • volume: This weighty first volume takes the reader up to the end of Sassoon's participation in the First World War.
  • consideration: These would be weighty material considerations for the Inspector to take into account.
  • argument: That was a weighty moral argument: the police performed their duties for the benefit of us all.

Modifying Another Word

  • sufficiently: Such tentative evidence is not yet sufficiently weighty to change the author's convictions that the universe must be finite in all respects.
  • fairly: I'm not sure what the heavy plant in question was - but Martin tells me the nettles were fairly weighty!
  • rather: Not for the faint hearted this ironing board is rather weighty.
  • pretty: The lid holds the motor, hence is pretty weighty.
  • quite: Lever arch folders are slightly harder wearing but not much use unless your evidence is quite weighty.
  • too: The contrary evidence, however, is just too weighty to allow such an easy way out.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: Guiding Optimus Prime through acres of foliage whilst launching attacks on enemy units feels magnificently weighty.
  • sound: All this sounds rather weighty, although very necessary, so let's remind you what else we do.
  • become: Some of the people from your past may also become weighty; stand for yourself without guilt.