WEIGHTY, adjective 1. Having great weight; heavy; ponderous; as a weighty body. 2. Important; forcible; momentous; adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; as weighty reasons; weighty matters; weighty considerations or arguments. 3. Rigorous; severe; as our weightier judgment. [Not in use.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI