hefty
heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
big and strong; powerful; muscular: a hefty athlete.
impressively large or substantial: a hefty increase in salary.
Origin of hefty
1Other words for hefty
Other words from hefty
- heft·i·ly, adverb
- heft·i·ness, noun
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How to use hefty in a sentence
But this time around, “none of the likely current candidates, as it happens is any heftier [than a size large].”
The Vatican's Big Fashion Problem: How Fat Is the New Pope? | Misty White Sidell | March 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTApart from his physical transformation—heftier and sporting a full beard and sunglasses—Phoenix appeared to be on something.
He'd obviously got himself into a hassle maintaining his place in line against two or three heftier would-be soldiers.
Mercenary | Dallas McCord ReynoldsAlso who was the heftier Proposition, Napoleon or Washington?
People You Know | George AdeThis rig of mine's kinder small for the mail bags and I'm some heftier than Thomas!'
Anne Of The Island | Lucy Maud Montgomery
But he's stronger'n me, that's all they is to it, and heftier.
The Rich Little Poor Boy | Eleanor GatesI made it jest hefty enough for you to carry, not a bit heftier, no more nor less.
Story-Tell Lib | Annie Trumbull Slosson
British Dictionary definitions for hefty
/ (ˈhɛftɪ) /
big and strong
characterized by vigour or force: a hefty blow
large, bulky, or heavy
sizable; involving a large amount of money: a hefty bill; a hefty wage
Derived forms of hefty
- heftily, adverb
- heftiness, noun
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