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   Weighty (?), a. [Compar. Weightier (?); superl. Weightiest.]
   
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   1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, “a weighty body”.
   
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   2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.  “For sundry weighty reasons.”  Shak.
   
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   Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift.
   
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   3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.  [R.] “Attend our weightier judgment.”  Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.
   
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