weightiness

/'weitinis/

Thân thiện

The judge considered the weightiness of the evidence before making a decision.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The property of being comparatively great in weight; heaviness: The quality of having substantial mass or heaviness.
   • The quality of being serious, important, or influential: The state of having significant consequence, gravity, or influence.

Usage and Examples

• Referring to physical heaviness:

  • The weightiness of the suitcase made it difficult to carry.
  • Scientists measured the weightiness of the different mineral samples.

• Referring to importance or seriousness:

  • The weightiness of his argument convinced the committee.
  • She spoke with a tone of great weightiness about the crisis.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• "To carry weightiness": To possess importance or authority.
  • Her years of experience carry a certain weightiness in these discussions.
• Used in formal or academic contexts to describe the substantive quality of an idea, decision, or physical object.

Variants and Related Words

• Weighty (adj): Having great weight or importance. (e.g., , )
• Weight (n): The vertical force exerted by a mass; importance or influence. (This is the root noun from which "weightiness" is derived.)
• Heaviness (n): The quality of having great weight. (Often used more for physical mass.)

Synonyms

• Heaviness (for the physical property).
• Gravity (for seriousness/importance).
• Importance, Significance, Consequence (for non-physical meaning).
• Substantiality, Ponderousness.

Antonyms

• Lightness (for the physical property).
• Triviality, Insignificance, Unimportance (for the non-physical meaning).

Notes on Meaning

• The two primary meanings are distinct but related through the metaphorical extension of physical heaviness to abstract importance.
• In contexts like "the weightiness of the evidence," it blends the ideas of substantive amount and serious import.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the property of being comparatively great in weight
   • the heaviness of lead
2. the relative importance granted to something
   • his opinion carries great weight
   • the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed

Từ đồng nghĩa

• heaviness
• weight