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Webster 1913 Edition
Weighty
Weight′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Weightier
; sup
erl.
Weightiest
.] 1.
Having weight; heavy; ponderous;
as, a
. weighty
body2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Weighty
WEIGHTY
,Adj.
1.
Having great weight; heavy; ponderous; as a weighty body.2.
Important; forcible; momentous; adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; as weighty reasons; weighty matters; weighty considerations or arguments.3.
Rigorous; severe; as our weightier judgment. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
weighty
weighty
English
Adjective
weighty (comparative weightier, superlative weightiest)
- heavy (having a lot of weight)
- a weighty body.
- important; or serious
- a weighty argument
- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Translations
having weight
adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince
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