WEIGHTY

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

2.
a.

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.
a.

Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] "Attend our weightier judgment." Shak.

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