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weight⋅y

  [wey-tee]
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–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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weight·y   (wā'tē)   
adj.   weight·i·er, weight·i·est
  1. Having considerable weight; heavy. See Synonyms at heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive: weighty problems.
  3. Of great consequence; momentous: the weighty matters before the delegates at the peace talks.
  4. Having great power or influence: a weighty argument.
  5. Solemn; serious: weighty music.
weight'i·ly adv., weight'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : weighty
Spanish: de peso,
German: gewichtig,
Japanese: 重要な
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