weighty
having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
burdensome or troublesome: the weightier cares of sovereignty.
important or momentous: weighty negotiations.
having or exerting influence, power, etc.; influential: a weighty merchant of Boston.
Origin of weighty
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Other words from weighty
- weight·i·ly, adverb
- weight·i·ness, noun
- un·weight·y, adjective
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How to use weighty in a sentence
I can tell you, in my opinion, this is the most weighty vote we have given in my seven years on the committee.
Health-care workers and nursing home residents should be the first to get coronavirus vaccines, CDC advisory group says | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostThe company has little cash, weighty pension debts and lease commitments, and uncertain earnings.’
A Hospital Chain Said Our Article Was Inaccurate. It’s Not. | by Peter Elkind | October 12, 2020 | ProPublicaThe spring-assist handle made lifting weighty wet stuff easier and put less strain on my back.
Home and office products that make sure-fire gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe company has little cash, weighty pension debts and lease commitments, and uncertain future earnings.
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances | by Peter Elkind with Doris Burke | September 30, 2020 | ProPublicaThey’re all of a sudden burdened with the weighty responsibilities of adulthood – their first career choices, their first disappointments professionally, or maybe major ones romantically.
The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.
She tackles weighty subjects with a naive sensibility and faux-innocence, but skillfully avoids dumbing them down.
“I believe in freedom of speech,” he says with a weighty stare.
Dinner With James Deen During Porn’s Latest HIV Scare | Emily Shire | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, the implications would be many and weighty, both for the diminished USA and for the new entity.
Throughout, these weighty matters are examined candidly and wistfully, with the wisdom that only age and inwardness can bring.
Desks and boxes were thrust aside, the winch was manned, and the weighty lantern mounted slowly to its nocturnal watch-tower.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe experienced courtier may have thought the matter too weighty for women, for he wrote all privately to Burghley.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellThese were positive and weighty grievances, which ought, it was urged, to be remedied.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHe urged that there should be "a temperate but weighty remonstrance" from parliament, backed by half a million Italian signatures.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingIt is a serious and weighty matter for you to decide; therefore should not be settled hastily.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank Aubrey
British Dictionary definitions for weighty
/ (ˈweɪtɪ) /
having great weight
important or momentous
causing anxiety or worry
Derived forms of weighty
- weightily, adverb
- weightiness, noun
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