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Weightily

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weight·y  (wt)
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.
weighti·ly adv.
weighti·ness n.
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Adv.1.weightily - in a serious manner; "the speech was weighty and it was weightily delivered"
2.weightily - as something very heavy; "she moved weightily"


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