weighty Definition
weighty (-ē)
adjective weight′i·er, weight′i·est
- having much weight; very heavy; ponderous
- burdensome; oppressive weighty responsibilities
- of great significance or moment; serious weighty matters of state
- of great influence, power, importance, etc.
weighty Related Forms
weight′i·ly adverb
weight′i·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.
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