weighty

weighty
weightily, adv.weightiness, n.
/way"tee/, adj., weightier, weightiest.
1. having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
2. burdensome or troublesome: the weightier cares of sovereignty.
3. important or momentous: weighty negotiations.
4. having or exerting influence, power, etc.; influential: a weighty merchant of Boston.
[1480-90; see WEIGHT, -Y1]
Syn. 3. significant, serious, grave, consequential. See heavy.
Ant. 1, 3. light. 3. unimportant.

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