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n.

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

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noun

    The state or quality of being physically heavy: heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness, weight, weightiness. Informal avoirdupois. See heavy/light.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the property of being comparatively great in weight
  Synonym: weightiness
  Antonym: lightness (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: used of a line or mark
  Synonym: thickness

 
 
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