heaviness
- noun
- /ˈhɛviness/
- Specialized
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- And as you're rendering, you need to pay attention to the heaviness and the lightness of your fabric.
Examples
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It's lightweight, add some shine without heaviness, and I think it is a home run product.
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"So the heaviness of the paintings is a claim to authority?" said Nick.
Fiction book (1998) -
Trees manage grace despite a certain top heaviness.
Fiction book (1996) -
The only place I really want heaviness is this arena right here where I want to cover hyperpigmentation.
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The Likert Scale in the questionnaire was numbered as follows, with its limits and heaviness.
Academic text (2010) -
And as you're rendering, you need to pay attention to the heaviness and the lightness of your fabric.
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The terracotta portraiture also reflects the average Akan's preference for regular features over extremes of heaviness and thinness.
Academic text (1990) -
In his Handbook to the Paintings, though, Scharf was more candid, describing the work as "a large dark picture? The fullness of the pencil and heaviness of the forms forbids us to regard it as a youthful production of da Vinci.
Academic text (2012) -
In drawing, the heaviness of the black line gives the artwork a bold and dramatic effect.
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The artist's use of color and heaviness in the brush strokes enhances the depth of the painting.
Synonyms
789
1.0
A measurement that shows how heavy something is
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5.6
The weight you feel when you lift something
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2.7
How wide a line or mark is
Being heavy, large, or physically strong
The state of being very heavy and hard to lift
Antonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word heaviness comes from heavy ('heavy') and -ness ('state'). In drawing or printing, a 'heavy' line looks thick and bold, so heaviness describes the thickness or boldness of a mark.