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单词 heftiness
释义

hefty

adjective

ˈhef-tē How to pronounce hefty (audio)
heftier; heftiest
1
: quite heavy
2
a
: marked by bigness, bulk, and usually strength
a hefty football player
b
: powerful, mighty
c
: impressively large : substantial
hefty portions
heftily
ˈhef-tə-lē How to pronounce hefty (audio)
adverb
heftiness
ˈhef-tē-nəs How to pronounce hefty (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • heavy
  • massive
  • ponderous
  • weighty
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Example Sentences

He was a tall, hefty man. Her boss gave her a hefty raise. a hefty dose of irony He gave the door a hefty kick.
Recent Examples on the Web Phoenix Suns team owner Robert Sarver accepts the hefty fine and suspension, but doesn't agree with all the results of the 10-mth NBA investigation. Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2022 According to court filings, dozens of people paid the hefty fee, plus an extra $40,000 each, and lost their money. Graham Kates, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 The league previously pushed for an indefinite suspension and hefty fine. Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 The league previously pushed for an indefinite suspension and hefty fine. Tom Withers, ajc, 18 Aug. 2022 For example, the bill demands that the oil and gas industry either capture leaks of methane, a very harmful greenhouse gas, or pay a hefty fee for failing to do so. Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 Violating sanctions by doing business with those on the SDN list is a serious offense that could carry hefty fines or prison time. Scott Nover, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2022 And the emissions thresholds fall significantly for the second deadline, in 2030, which is likely to mean that many more buildings will need to make major changes — not just tuning up building systems but replacing them — or pay hefty fines. New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022 The bill will impose limits on methane leakage and impose hefty fines on violators, while creating a royalty fee for all methane extraction on public lands, including methane that’s vented or flared from oil and gas wells. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 28 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

hefty

adjective

ˈhef-tē How to pronounce hefty (audio)
heftier; heftiest
1
: heavy sense 1
2
: very forceful
He opened the door with a hefty shove.

heftiness

noun

1
as in largeness
the quality or state of being large in size a restaurant known for the heftiness of its portions

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • largeness
  • bulkiness
  • bigness
  • bountifulness
  • substantiality
  • grandness
  • generosity
  • greatness
  • voluminousness
  • abundance
  • magnitude
  • enormousness
  • excessiveness
  • hugeness
  • healthiness
  • mightiness
  • extremeness
  • copiousness
  • prodigiousness
  • vastness
  • immensity
  • massiveness
  • extensiveness
  • immenseness
  • sufficiency
  • adequacy
  • stupendousness
  • weightiness
  • extravagance
  • enormity
  • liberality
  • ampleness
  • muchness
  • mountainousness
  • grossness
  • handsomeness
  • immoderacy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • smallness
  • fineness
  • littleness
  • slightness
  • minuteness
  • puniness
  • meagerness
  • deficiency
  • slimness
  • scarcity
  • slenderness
  • tininess
  • scantiness
  • sparseness
  • inadequacy
  • poorness
  • spareness
  • sparsity
  • diminutiveness
  • stinginess
  • scarceness
  • skimpiness
  • inadequateness
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2
as in weightiness
the state or quality of being heavy clerks no longer have to deal with the heftiness of paper files now that everything is filed on computers

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • weightiness
  • ponderousness
  • massiveness
  • heaviness
  • avoirdupois
  • solidity
  • bulk
  • solidness
  • bulkiness
  • overweight
  • hugeness
  • cumbersomeness
  • substantiality
  • substantialness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lightness
  • weightlessness
  • delicacy
  • slightness
  • airiness
  • ethereality
  • insubstantiality
  • flimsiness
  • fluffiness
  • etherealness
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