WEIGHTY

weighty. Weighty, a. heavy, strong, important, rigorous

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Weight″y (?), a. [Compar. Weightier (?); superl. Weightiest.] 1. 1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
2. 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. “For sundry weighty reasons.” Shak.
Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift. 3. 3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. “Attend our weightier judgment.” Shak.
Syn. — Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.