weightiness
ti adjective, weight·i·er, weight·i·est.
1.
having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
2.
burdensome or troublesome: the weightier cares of sovereignty.
3.
important or momentous: weighty negotiations.
4.
having or exerting influence, power, etc.; influential: a weighty merchant of Boston.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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weighty (ˈweɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , weightier, weightiest | |
| 1. | having great weight |
| 2. | important or momentous |
| 3. | causing anxiety or worry |
| 'weightily | |
| —adv | |
| 'weightiness | |
| —n | |
| weighty (ˈweɪtɪ) | |
| —adj , weightier, weightiest | |
| 1. | having great weight |
| 2. | important or momentous |
| 3. | causing anxiety or worry |
| 'weightily | |
| —adv | |
| 'weightiness | |
| —n | |
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