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weightily

  • a word derived from weighty.
    weighty
    adjective
    having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous.

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But all of its neighbors, to varying degrees, are monumental in character and sit weightily on the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 24, 2025

Bach, all weightily played by the Concerto Köln.

From New York Times May 20, 2015

On Saturday evening, Lesley Rausch’s Giselle had complete dance clarity but little emotional vulnerability; her Albrecht, Seth Orza, is an admirable partner but dances too weightily.

From New York Times Jun. 11, 2014

The twin pillars of a sound colonial policy, Colonel Stanley observed weightily, are "educational advance and economic development."

From Time Magazine Archive

The fist-sized rice ball rests weightily in my pocket as the face of the old woman comes back to me.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung