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HEFTY (heftier, heftiest)
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, heftiest Dictionary entry overview: What does hefty mean?
• HEFTY (adjective)
The adjective HEFTY has 3 senses:
1. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
2. of considerable weight and size
3. large in amount or extent or degree
Familiarity information: HEFTY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: heftiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Synonyms:
brawny; hefty; muscular; powerful; sinewy
Context example:
powerful arms
Similar:
strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
Derivation:
heft; heftiness (the property of being large in mass)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of considerable weight and size
Context example:
a hefty dictionary
Similar:
heavy (of comparatively great physical weight or density)
Derivation:
heft; heftiness (the property of being large in mass)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Large in amount or extent or degree
Synonyms:
goodish; goodly; healthy; hefty; respectable; sizable; sizeable; tidy
Context example:
a sizable fortune
Similar:
considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)
Derivation:
heftiness (the property of being large in mass)
Context examples
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been seen before in our Milky Way galaxy.
(Hubble Observes One-of-a-Kind Star Nicknamed 'Nasty', NASA)
It would be best to sign on the Luckiest Day of the Year, December 27, to ensure a hefty growth in profits.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Sign papers or finish up negotiation on a deal—your venture will go exceedingly well and likely bring hefty profits.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
On the other hand, you may receive a hefty cash advance on a book you will soon begin to write. All this is so exciting.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This means the work you are doing now will have hefty, long-range effects on your reputation and career, allowing you to showcase your talents in a way that will get you noticed and hired for a bigger, more complex role.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Jupiter, the good fortune planet found in this same third house of your horoscope, will make the process joyful and, just as importantly, help you find a way to make a hefty profit from your work.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It is also possible your mother or father will give or loan you what you would need to put toward a down payment on a house or condo or for a hefty deposit on a rental.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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