noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being weighty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
weightiness
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noun
Meaning 2
the property of being comparatively great in weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the heaviness of lead
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heaviness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weight
Narrower terms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity, preponderance
noun
Meaning 3
the relative importance granted to something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his opinion carries great weight
- the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: weight
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: importance
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English weighty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English weightiness From weighty + -ness.