weightily

1. 1.

   in a serious manner

   “the speech was weighty and it was weightily delivered”
2. 2.

   as something very heavy

   “she moved weightily”

Questions about weightily

What does weightily mean?

weightily means "in a serious manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weightily?

weightily has 3 syllables and divides as weigh-ti-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is weightily a common word?

weightily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.