Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weightier"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. {Weightier}; superl.
{Weightiest}.]
1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] ``Attend our weightier
judgment.'' --Shak.

Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible;
momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.

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