Definitions for weighty

weighty weight·y

Spelling: [wey-tee]
IPA: /ˈweɪ ti/

Weighty is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in weighty (eghitwy).

Definitions for weighty

adjective

  1. having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous:
  2. burdensome or troublesome:
  3. important or momentous:
  4. having or exerting influence, power, etc.; influential:

Origin of weighty

First recorded in 1480-90; See origin at weight, -y1

Examples for weighty

Throughout, these weighty matters are examined candidly and wistfully, with the wisdom that only age and inwardness can bring.

And if they essay to do so, why should not my word be at least as weighty as theirs?

He brought his chair to a level and pounded the desk with a weighty fist.

The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.

But Mr Tite Barnacle was a buttoned-up man, and consequently a weighty one.

“I believe in freedom of speech,” he says with a weighty stare.

His words on the subject are weighty, and worthy of being held in remembrance.

Well, the implications would be many and weighty, both for the diminished USA and for the new entity.

"Let them be supplied with all that is heavy and weighty in the ship," said Sir Nigel.

When the ADL mixes serious, weighty trends with these teapot tempests, they ignore real Jewish issues.

Word Value for weighty
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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