adj. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
adj. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
adj. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having weight; heavy; ponderous.
adj. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
adj. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous.
Burdensome; hard to bear.
Important; serious; momentous; grave.
Adapted to affect the judgment or to convince; forcible; cogent.
Grave or serious in aspect or purport.
Authoritative; influential; important.
Severe; rigorous; afflictive.
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adj. having relatively great weight; heavy
adj. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
adj. excessively fat
adj. powerfully persuasive
adj. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
Word Usage
"The dancer has also been cast in a new ballet by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, which makes its premiere May 24, that she described as a weighty, funereal pas de deux with principle Marcelo Gomes."