Weighty - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈweɪtɪ|  American pronunciation of the word weighty
Brit.  |ˈweɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word weighty

adjective

- powerfully persuasive (syn: cogent, telling)
a weighty argument
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought (syn: grave, grievous, heavy)
the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
- weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
weighty problems
- excessively fat (syn: corpulent, obese, rotund)
a weighty man

Extra examples

She grabbed a weighty book off the shelf.

The film deals with some weighty issues.

Those are weighty arguments in your favor.

He was a weighty figure in the art world.

I have weighty, nay, unanswerable reasons.

She didn't feel like discussing weighty matters.

I have weighty, nay, unanswerable reasons to think so.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: weightier
superlative: weightiest
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