Meaning of HEFTY
| Pronunciation: | | 'heftee
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- [adj] large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
- [adj] of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary"
- [adj] (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
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| | Synonyms: | | brawny, considerable, goodish, goodly, heavy, muscular, powerful, respectable, sinewy, sizable, sizeable, strong, tidy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Heft"y\, a.
Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | adipose, annoying, arduous, awkward, backbreaking, beefy, besetting, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, bothersome, bouncing, brawny, bulky, burdensome, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, clumsy, considerable, corpulent, crushing, cumbersome, distended, doughty, dumpy, effortful, enormous, extensive, fat, fattish, fleshy, forced, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded, full-strength, gross, grueling, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardy, hearty, heavy, heavyset, heavyweight, Herculean, hippy, huge, husky, imposing, impressive, irksome, iron-hard, killing, labored, laborious, large, large-scale, leaden, lusty, major, massive, massy, meaty, mighty, muscular, nervy, obese, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive, overweight, painful, paunchy, plaguey, plump, podgy, ponderous, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant, punishing, pursy, red-blooded, robust, robustious, roly-poly, rotund, rugged, sizable, sizeable, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, strained, strapping, strenuous, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, toilsome, top-heavy, tough, troublesome, trying, tubby, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious, vigorous, wearisome, weighty, well-fed |
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