weighty
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hefty, ponderous, earnest, solemn, somber, sober, substantial, significant, consequential, portentous, meaningful, momentous, onerous, burdensome, cumbersome, dense, fat, fleshy, massive, obeseExamples from the Web for weighty
Contemporary Examples of weighty
The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.
“I believe in freedom of speech,” he says with a weighty stare.
Well, the implications would be many and weighty, both for the diminished USA and for the new entity.
Throughout, these weighty matters are examined candidly and wistfully, with the wisdom that only age and inwardness can bring.
When the ADL mixes serious, weighty trends with these teapot tempests, they ignore real Jewish issues.
Historical Examples of weighty
"Let them be supplied with all that is heavy and weighty in the ship," said Sir Nigel.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
He brought his chair to a level and pounded the desk with a weighty fist.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
And if they essay to do so, why should not my word be at least as weighty as theirs?
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
But Mr Tite Barnacle was a buttoned-up man, and consequently a weighty one.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
His words on the subject are weighty, and worthy of being held in remembrance.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles