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weightiest

weightiest is the superlative 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 weightiest

What is weightiest the superlative form of?
Weightiest is the superlative form of weighty.

Words near weightiest in the dictionary

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

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