weighty
adjective
having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous.
weightiness
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a word derived from
weighty.
Example Sentences
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But then as I saw everything else go up, there was a weightiness to the way everything was framed and thought about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
At Santa Croce, the world's largest Franciscan church, Giotto's frescoes bear witness to his innovations, including modern spatial techniques such as foreshortening and human figures imparted with a fleshy weightiness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Compter suggests quantifiable weight, and importer can also suggest metaphorical weightiness, as in “a matter of import.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
In Part 2, Francine takes off for the beach to absorb the weightiness of it all.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
But the woman was his daughter, and she had drawn to herself all his conviction, all his weightiness.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
