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weightiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun weightiness has 2 senses
- weightiness(n = noun.attribute) weight - the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" is a kind of importance
- weightiness(n = noun.attribute) heaviness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead" is a kind of weight
Derived forms adjective weighty3, adjective weighty2
has particulars: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness, preponderance
Derived forms adjective weighty5, adjective weighty1
CIDE DICTIONARY
weightiness, n.
The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness. [1913 Webster]
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