weightier; weightiest
2
a
: weighing a considerable amount
b
: heavy in proportion to its bulk
weighty metal
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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.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
After thinking about the weighty matter, the vendor comes up with a clever or perhaps devious plan.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The sheets come in six standard mattress sizes, and feel thick, soft, and weighty yet breathable and cooling.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
But those are still some weighty words about the Detroit Red Wings’ 24-year-old goalie prospect, signed last summer after leading HC Kometa Brno to a Czech league championship and now backstopping the Griffins in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup playoffs.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 13 May 2026
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“Weighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weighty. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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weighty
adjective
weightier; weightiest
weightiness
noun
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