The Collaborative International Dictionary
Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. Weightier; superl. Weightiest.]
Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
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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.
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Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] ``Attend our weightier judgment.''
--Shak.Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: weighty)
WordNet
adj. having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" [ant: weightless]
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]
weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"
excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent, obese, rotund]
powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, telling]
[also: weightiest, weightier]
See weighty
Usage examples of "weightiest".
Most scholars believe the weightiest evidences suggest they were all written within a matter of Years anyway.