heftiness
- noun
- /ˈhɛftɪnəs/
- The heftiness of the thick book gave it a sturdy feeling on the shelf.
Examples
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He noticed the heftiness of the weightlifting equipment in the gym, which impressed him.
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The heftiness of the box made it difficult for her to lift it off the ground.
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Too heavy, and you're handcuffed by heftiness.
Blog text (5) -
Despite their heftiness (the Oxford Textbook weighs 7.4 kg), such books have a notorious tendency to go missing at crucial moments, even from a locked office.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
A measurement that shows how heavy something is
How big or heavy something is
The weight you feel when you lift something
A large weight that makes something hard to lift
A great size or weight that makes something heavy
Being large and hard to carry or move
The state of being very heavy and hard to lift
A great weight that makes something hard to move
A lot of weight that makes something hard to move
A large, strong, and solid body or appearance
Having a fairly heavy, solid body
Antonyms
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heftiness comes from the simple word heft, which means 'weight' and also 'to lift to feel weight'. It is the same root as hefty, so heftiness describes being heavy, large, or strong.