weightiness
Example Sentences
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Compter suggests quantifiable weight, and importer can also suggest metaphorical weightiness, as in “a matter of import.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
They said they decided early on to release the episodes in two batches in part because of the weightiness of the content.
From New York Times • May 7, 2023
It’s light, as I said, for all the weightiness of its subject — but entertaining, nonetheless.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022
In Part 2, Francine takes off for the beach to absorb the weightiness of it all.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022
But the woman was his daughter, and she had drawn to herself all his conviction, all his weightiness.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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