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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.

weighty
Adjective
[weightier, weightiest]
1. important or serious: weighty matters
2. very heavy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.weightyweighty - having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"
weightless - having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"
2.weightyweighty - powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument"
3.weightyweighty - of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
4.weighty - weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"
heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
5.weightyweighty - excessively fat; "a weighty man"    
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

weighty
adjective 2. heavy, massive, dense, hefty (informal) cumbersome, ponderous, burdensome
Translations

weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] adjpesado
weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] adjlourd(e)
weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] weight adjschwer (fig) (= important); gewichtig
weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] adjpesante;
(fig) → importante, grave


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Still more, for the ample fins, I here saw but a few disordered joints; and in place of the weighty and majestic, but boneless flukes, an utter blank
The reader, if he considers that this fellow was already obnoxious to Mr Western, and if he considers farther the weighty business by which that gentleman's displeasure had been incurred, will perhaps condemn this as a foolish and desperate undertaking; but if he should totally condemn young Jones on that account, he will greatly applaud him for strengthening himself with all imaginable interest on so arduous an occasion.
I am persuaded in my own mind that the people have always thought right on this subject, and that their universal and uniform attachment to the cause of the Union rests on great and weighty reasons, which I shall endeavor to develop and explain in some ensuing papers.
 
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