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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 strengthplay

2. the property of being large in massplay

  Familiarity information: HEFTINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEFTINESS (noun)


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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