Weighty
adjective
Heavy in weight.
He lifted the weighty box with difficulty.
adjective
Of great importance or seriousness.
The judge faced a weighty decision.
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Approving
adjective
Difficult to deal with or overcome because of the size or intensity.
He had to deal with the weighty issue of his father's illness.
adjective
Heavy in weight.
He lifted the weighty box with difficulty.
adjective
Of great importance or seriousness.
The judge faced a weighty decision.
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Difficult to deal with or overcome because of the size or intensity.
He had to deal with the weighty issue of his father's illness.
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Objects
Used to describe objects that are difficult to move because of their mass.
The movers struggled with the weighty piano.
Pro Tip 2/2Exaggerated Expression
Sometimes used to exaggerate the heaviness of an object for effect.
She dropped her weighty bags with a loud thud.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Objects
Used to describe objects that are difficult to move because of their mass.
The movers struggled with the weighty piano.
Pro Tip 2/2Exaggerated Expression
Sometimes used to exaggerate the heaviness of an object for effect.
She dropped her weighty bags with a loud thud.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Objects
Used to describe objects that are difficult to move because of their mass.
The movers struggled with the weighty piano.
Pro Tip 2/2Exaggerated Expression
Sometimes used to exaggerate the heaviness of an object for effect.
She dropped her weighty bags with a loud thud.
Compare with
considerablecrucialimportantmeaningfulmomentousserioussignificantsubstantial
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Tom Shannon's...
right at the center of gravity, or just slightly above the center of gravity, which means that the lower half of the object is just a little bit more weighty. So you can see it rotating here. It weighs about a ton or over a ton. It's made of stainless steel, quite thick.
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Hallucinogenic Cocktail...
following day Frank and bonbon celebrate their rebirth according to weighty belief iboga enabled them to journey to the ancestors and the gods and return purified into a new life will it work on bond and Frank seemed convinced that it
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How to make your writing...
with fragmented sentences that break off suddenly. And other short declarative sentences in the story create a mix of breathless speed and weighty pauses. On the screen, Alfred Hitchcock's cinematography
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Tom Shannon's...
right at the center of gravity, or just slightly above the center of gravity, which means that the lower half of the object is just a little bit more weighty. So you can see it rotating here. It weighs about a ton or over a ton. It's made of stainless steel, quite thick.
Video examples
Hallucinogenic Cocktail...
following day Frank and bonbon celebrate their rebirth according to weighty belief iboga enabled them to journey to the ancestors and the gods and return purified into a new life will it work on bond and Frank seemed convinced that it
Video examples
How to make your writing...
with fragmented sentences that break off suddenly. And other short declarative sentences in the story create a mix of breathless speed and weighty pauses. On the screen, Alfred Hitchcock's cinematography
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Noelle Stevenson
American Artist
Fantasy is usually considered an escape, but it's also a way to deal with weighty real-world issues from a safe distance and in a context where you usually have some kind of power that you don't have in real life.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
In no State is there a weightier law than that which centers its stability in the supreme hereditary power of one particular family, unconnected and un-commingling with any other lineage in that State.
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Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
We must nurture creative scientists in an environment that encourages interactions and collaborations across different fields, and support research free from weighty bureaucracies.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
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Charles Simmons
British Politician
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
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Tony Vincent
American Actor
I'm drawn to dark characters, and to things that are really weighty.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
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Noelle Stevenson
American Artist
Fantasy is usually considered an escape, but it's also a way to deal with weighty real-world issues from a safe distance and in a context where you usually have some kind of power that you don't have in real life.
Quote examples
Richard Wagner
German Composer
In no State is there a weightier law than that which centers its stability in the supreme hereditary power of one particular family, unconnected and un-commingling with any other lineage in that State.
Quote examples
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
We must nurture creative scientists in an environment that encourages interactions and collaborations across different fields, and support research free from weighty bureaucracies.
Quote examples
Virginia Woolf
British Author
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.
Quote examples
Gore Vidal
American Novelist
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
Quote examples
Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues.
Quote examples
Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Quote examples
Charles Simmons
British Politician
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
Quote examples
Tony Vincent
American Actor
I'm drawn to dark characters, and to things that are really weighty.
Quote examples
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
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