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HEFTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heftiness mean?
• HEFTINESS (noun)
The noun HEFTINESS has 2 senses:
1. possessing muscular strength
2. the property of being large in mass
Familiarity information: HEFTINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing muscular strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brawn; brawniness; heftiness; muscle; muscularity; sinew
Hypernyms ("heftiness" is a kind of...):
strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being large in mass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
heft; heftiness; massiveness; ponderosity; ponderousness
Hypernyms ("heftiness" is a kind of...):
heaviness; weightiness (the property of being comparatively great in weight)
Derivation:
hefty (large in amount or extent or degree)
hefty (of considerable weight and size)
hefty ((of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful)
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