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   Heav·i·ness

   /ˈhevēnəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the quality of having great weight: "Olivia felt the heaviness of her backpack"
   • ▪ a feeling of being weighed down, especially by weariness: "a persistent feeling of lethargy and heaviness"
   • 2. great density or thickness: "the heaviness of the paint"
   • ▪ lack of delicacy or grace; coarseness: "a certain heaviness of style"
   • ▪ the quality of food being hard to digest: "the cloying heaviness of snacking on cheese"
   • 3. a state of being greater in amount, force, or intensity than usual: "the heaviness of the rains in the valley caused flooding"
   • ▪ the quality of being oppressive or overpowering to the senses: "the heaviness of a hop aroma"
   • ▪ (in relation to rock music) the quality of having a strong bass component and a forceful rhythm: "the total heaviness of much of this record"
   • 4. the quality of being very important or serious: "a few cartoon gags were introduced into the film to lighten its heaviness"
   • ▪ a mentally oppressive feeling, especially of sadness or grief: "he felt the heaviness of loss as he watched her go"

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   What does heaviness mean in sewing?

   • the fact of being more or worse than usual in amount, degree, etc. The roof was not visible because of the heaviness of the snow that was coming down. the quality of being large and solid the quality in a material of being thick The sewing machine started to lose strength against the heaviness of the fabric.

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   What does heaviness in food mean?

   • the quality in food or a meal of being large in amount or very solid The salad worked well to combat the heaviness of the meal. (usually disapproving) the fact in a book, programme, style, etc. of being serious and difficult to understand or enjoy Humour is sometimes used to counter the heaviness of death and tragedy.

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   Is heaviness a disadvantage?

   • There is a tightening or heaviness, but not necessarily pain. The disadvantage is the relative density and heaviness relative to yeasted breads, and the crumbliness and low height that don't lend themselves to sandwiches. Instead, he's reminding us that there have been others excessively preoccupied by existential heaviness.

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   the property of being comparatively great in weight. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency