WEIGHTY


Meaning of WEIGHTY in English

weight ‧ y /ˈweɪti/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ overweight ≠ ↑ underweight , ↑ weighted , ↑ weighty , ↑ weightless ; verb : ↑ weigh , ↑ outweigh , ↑ weight ; noun : ↑ weight , weights, ↑ weighting ]

1 . important and serious:

She didn’t feel like discussing weighty matters.

2 . literary heavy:

a weighty tome (=a big and heavy book)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.