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weighty
/ˈweɪti/
adj 3
Collocations
3VERB + WEIGHTY
leaving
WEIGHTY + NOUN
argument, fool's, ladies
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Having a lot of weight; heavy.
And so a weighty rock she aimed / With much enthusiasm
To fund the purchase, he had to sell a late Renoir, The Judgment of Paris, with its depiction of weighty ladies frolicking in a roseate garden.
2
Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
a weighty argument
But I have now reached a point in the progress of my narrative, when it becomes necessary to turn away from these light descriptions, to the more grave and weighty matter of the second battle with Master Tibeats, and the flight through the great Pacoudrie Swamp.
3
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
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And so a weighty rock she aimed / With much enthusiasm
Wiktionary02
To fund the purchase, he had to sell a late Renoir, The Judgment of Paris, with its depiction of weighty ladies frolicking in a roseate garden.
Wiktionary03
a weighty argument
Wiktionary04
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Tatoeba · #548664005
The Senate is expected to adjourn later this week, leaving weighty issues unaddressed and major legislation in limbo.
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That's a weighty argument.
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