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weight·y       [wey-tee] Pronunciation Key
–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, -y1]

—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)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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weighty

adjective
1. having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" [ant: weightless] 
2. powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent] 
3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: grave] 
4. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems" 
5. excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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