Weightier

Word WEIGHTIER
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Definitions and meanings of "Weightier"

What do we mean by weightier?

Heavy.

Important; serious; not trivial or petty.

Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

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The word "weightier" in example sentences

The more abnormal or unusual the occurrence, the weightier should be the evidence of its truth. ❋ Robert Blatchford (1897)

And on the even "weightier" side, could "mobility" actually be a contradiction in terms? ❋ Unknown (2010)

A "weightier" question might ask why so many obese Americans aren't getting the medical care they could be if our health-care system wasn't so profit-oriented. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He described the 2009 list as "weightier" than the two preceding ones, refining the eight criteria used in the selection process, and taking into account the economic pressures on Jewish institutions.

I feel that the design is a bit 'weightier' than I might have hoped for, but it is still an attractive car. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We suspect that religiously based ties are morally freighted in a way that most secular ties are not, so that pleas for good works giving, volunteering, joining a reform movement, serving as a leader in some civic organization, and so forth seem more appropriate and weightier than comparable requests from a co-worker or someone you know from the gym. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

As the evening wore on, our conversation slowed and we began to talk about weightier matters—the final days of our time together. ❋ Richard Paul Evans (2011)

Statements attributed by Byron York (a partisan hack, btw) to ‘Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri Kansas City Law School professor who helped draft the measure’ might not be considered at all, or might be contradicted by weightier evidence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I came belatedly to the Discworld series, but have now read a half dozen of them in the last few weeks as an escape from my usual weightier fare and a world that seems to be stuck on bummer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is a much weightier, more absorbing piece than I ever thought, and, like the "Figaro" overture, showed off the virtuosic skills of the orchestra. ❋ Howard Kissel (2011)

Personally, I'm putting almost an absurd amount of hope on the Battlestar Galactica prequel (Blood and Chrome) to return Syfy to classic form and improve upon the disappointing Caprica, because I've also missed the weightier (read: risky), more allegorical and less earthbound dramas that some of us tend to associate with sci-fi. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Usually, the warmer it is when it snows, the higher the water content and hence the weightier the snow is. ❋ Wes Junker (2011)

Run the shower, I'm not even in there, as if the sound of rinse and splatter, might evince a kind of ersatz grace, amongst more profound, weightier matters. ❋ Dennis Mahagin (2011)

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