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weighty |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. {Weightier}; superl. {Weightiest}.] 1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as a weighty body. 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. ``For sundry weighty reasons.'' --Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. --Swift. 3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] ``Attend our weightier judgment.'' --Shak. Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: weighty adj 1: having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" [ant: {weightless}] 2: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {heavy}] 3: weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems" 4: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: {corpulent}, {obese}, {rotund}] 5: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: {cogent}, {telling}]
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