Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of considerable weight; heavy.
- adjective Big and strong; stout or muscular. synonym: heavy.
- adjective Strong and sturdy.
- adjective Of considerable size or amount; substantial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having considerable weight; rather heavy; hence, weighty; forcible: as, a hefty tool; a hefty argument.
- Easy to lift and handle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Colloq. U. S. Moderately heavy.
- adjective Strong; muscular; -- of people.
- adjective Substantial; large.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
heavy - adjective
strong ,bulky - adjective of a person possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;
powerfully orheavily built. - adjective
impressive , mighty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of considerable weight and size
- adjective large in amount or extent or degree
- adjective (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the same time, fantasy is afflicting those who think that an eleventh-hour dose of Obama campaign oratory can reconstitute a solid Democratic base and get it to the polls in hefty numbers.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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At the same time, fantasy is afflicting those who think that an eleventh-hour dose of Obama campaign oratory can reconstitute a solid Democratic base and get it to the polls in hefty numbers.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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At the same time, fantasy is afflicting those who think that an eleventh-hour dose of Obama campaign oratory can reconstitute a solid Democratic base and get it to the polls in hefty numbers.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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At the same time, fantasy is afflicting those who think that an eleventh-hour dose of Obama campaign oratory can reconstitute a solid Democratic base and get it to the polls in hefty numbers.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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Neither committee appears to have clear internal spending guidelines, and their reports do not explain hefty expenditures in categories such as "office supplies" and "tips" that consume tax-exempt party funds.
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They wrote in hefty, rich pensions for themselves and their cronies that were vested in as short as three months.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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They wrote in hefty, rich pensions for themselves and their cronies that were vested in as short as three months.
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A change of coaches can lead to roster purges and the immediate acceleration of the unamortized bonuses into the cap, resulting in hefty charges for absent players.
USATODAY.com - Salary cap lets teams legally go over the top 2005
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Serve in hefty glasses or mugs, garnished with shredded lettuce.
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I also seem to recall a hefty children's fantasy quartet in which families are assigned colors (browns, reds, yellows) according to a strict caste system, but I can't remember the name of the book, and I'm not sure if it would actually qualify as dystopian.
New Notes, Back to School edition Roger Sutton 2009
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