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Answer for the clue "Harder to lift, perhaps ", 7 letters:
heavier

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Word definitions for heavier in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an actor who plays villainous roles a serious (or tragic) role in a play [also: heaviest , heavier ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativeheavy)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. Heavier ; superl. Heaviest .] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See Heave .] Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; ...

Usage examples of heavier.

Where Kelly was dainty and slenderly built, Mike's features were heavier and his frame carried extra bulk.

It took more of an effort than breathing usually did but he was in a slightly heavier gravity than what he was used to.

Our world is much like this, gravity heavier and more water in many big pools.

He took careful note of the odd gait of the receiver--definitely an off-worlder, someone used to a heavier gravitational pull.

They were not, for one thing, indigenous to this world but came from a much heavier planet nearer galactic center.

Used to a much heavier gravity than Barevi, the Catteni were able to execute incredible maneu vers as they softened their prey for the kill.

So they positioned a sled with its nose well over the cave edge, secured by rope to the heavier craft so that the wind, now sweeping down over the cliffs, would blow the fungus away from their living quarters.

The heavier shuttle had to be turned, a maneuver Triv accomplished deftly, then it moved majestically from the cave, and rose with great dignity above the cliff.

The weather, one of the things that Lunzie had always loved about Astris Alexandria, was mild and warm most of the year in the University province, so she happily shed the heavier trousers she had worn on the transport, and laid out a light skirt.

All felt estranged from their lighter-boned distant relations, blamed the lightweights - at least in part - for that estrangement, and resented any suggestion that their larger size and heavier build implied less sensitivity or intelligence.

What with alloys and silicates and carbon-fibers and all, it's not much heavier than you are, even though it outmasses a softperson female of this type by a few kilos.

The light was harsh enough to make him squint and the gravity was tangibly heavier than Earth standard.

The two who had crashed into Peter had heavier fines and were given a six months' sentence for the grievous bodily harm of an unidentified diner.

Pienarr looked as if he had grabbed the first coverall to hand that morning, evidently from under a pile of heavier objects that had left creases in it.

Jeran and Cera serenely played some intricate game while a stream of toy bits and parts, and occasionally something heavier, was rained at them by an enraged Damia who was blubbering in fury.