weightily
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7.2
In a heavy, slow way that shows great weight
- adverb
- /ˈweɪtɪli/
:
pesadamente
- The elephant walked weightily across the savannah, leaving deep prints in the mud.
Examples
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As he carried the enormous box, he moved weightily, struggling under its great mass.
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The ship sailed weightily through the water, its heavy hull cutting the waves.
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It moved weightily over the road, through the flats, as if it knew it had been this way before and resented having to repeat it.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
heavily
vsweightily
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1.1
In a way that shows great weight or effort
is about very great weight rather than effort
leadenly
vsweightily
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7.2
In a slow, heavy way that shows little energy
highlights heaviness without implying slowness or dullness
plumply
vsweightily
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5.3
In a sudden, heavy way that makes a soft sound when landing
means weight but not the sudden sound or landing quality
How Heavy
Surface Forms
weightily positive
Morphology
Etymology
Weightily comes from weight ('heavy') and the ending -ly. It describes doing something as if you have 'weight' — moving or falling slowly and heavily, like carrying a large load.