What is "weightier"

Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. Weightier; superl. Weightiest.]

1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. ``For sundry weighty reasons.''
   --Shak.

   Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.
   --Swift.

3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] ``Attend our weightier judgment.''
   --Shak.

   Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.

a. (en-comparative of: weighty)

1. adj. having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" [ant: weightless]

2. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy]

3. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"

4. excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent, obese, rotund]

5. powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, telling]

6. [also: weightiest, weightier]

See weighty