weightinesses

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weight⋅y

[wey-tee]

–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.

Origin:
1480–90; see weight, -y ¹

Related forms:

weight⋅i⋅ly, adverb

weight⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. significant, serious, grave, consequential. See heavy.

Antonyms:
1, 3. light. 3. unimportant.

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