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   Weight·y

   /ˈwādē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. weighing a great deal; heavy: "a weighty candelabra" Similar heavymassivethickbulkyheftycumbersomeclumsyponderousoverweightOpposite light
   • ▪ of great seriousness and importance: "he threw off all weighty considerations of state" Similar importantof great import/importancesignificantof significancemomentousof momentconsequentialof consequencefar-reachingkeymajorvitalcriticalcruciallife-and-deathhigh-prioritydecisiveseriousgravesolemnno jokeno laughing matterburdensomeonerousheavyoppressivestressfultaxingtroublesomeworrisomevexatiousOpposite unimportanttrivial
   • ▪ having a great deal of influence on events or decisions: "the evidence for proprietorial interference has become even more weighty" Similar compellingcogentstrongforcefulpowerfulpotentconvincingplausibleeffectiveefficaciouseffectualsoundvalidwell foundedtellingimpressivepersuasiveinfluentialauthoritativeOpposite weak

   Derivatives

   • 1. weightily adverb
   • 2. weightiness noun

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