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weightie

weightie is the obsolete spelling of weighty.

Meaning of weighty

Adjective

weighty (comparative weightier, superlative weightiest)

  1. Having a lot of weight; heavy.
    • And so a weighty rock she aimed / With much enthusiasm1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear
  2. (figuratively) Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
    • a weighty argument
  3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Forms of weightie

comparativemore weightie
superlativemost weightie

Questions about weightie

What is weightie the obsolete spelling of?
Weightie is the obsolete spelling of weighty.

Words near weightie in the dictionary

  1. weightful
  2. weightfully
  3. weightfulness
  4. weighth
  5. weighths
  6. weightie
  7. weightier
  8. weightiest
  9. weightily
  10. weightiness
  11. weightinesses

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