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Weightiest

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.

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weightiest

a. (en-superlative of: weighty)

WordNet
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]

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