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weightier

weightier is the comparative form 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.

Questions about weightier

What is weightier the comparative form of?
Weightier is the comparative form of weighty.

Words near weightier in the dictionary

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

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