Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of considerable weight; heavy.
- adj. Rugged and powerful. See Synonyms at heavy.
- adj. Informal Of considerable size or amount: a hefty serving of mashed potatoes; received a hefty bonus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having considerable weight; rather heavy; hence, weighty; forcible: as, a hefty tool; a hefty argument.
- Easy to lift and handle.
Wiktionary
- adj. heavy
- adj. strong, bulky
- adj. of a person possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
- adj. impressive, mighty
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Colloq. U. S. Moderately heavy.
- adj. Strong; muscular; -- of people.
- adj. Substantial; large.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of considerable weight and size
- adj. large in amount or extent or degree
- adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Etymologies
- heft (“weight”) + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Neither committee appears to have clear internal spending guidelines, and their reports do not explain hefty expenditures in categories such as "office supplies" and "tips" that consume tax-exempt party funds.”
“At the same time, fantasy is afflicting those who think that an eleventh-hour dose of Obama campaign oratory can reconstitute a solid Democratic base and get it to the polls in hefty numbers.”
The Huffington Post: Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine
“They wrote in hefty, rich pensions for themselves and their cronies that were vested in as short as three months.”
“A change of coaches can lead to roster purges and the immediate acceleration of the unamortized bonuses into the cap, resulting in hefty charges for absent players.”
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“Serve in hefty glasses or mugs, garnished with shredded lettuce.”
“I also seem to recall a hefty children's fantasy quartet in which families are assigned colors (browns, reds, yellows) according to a strict caste system, but I can't remember the name of the book, and I'm not sure if it would actually qualify as dystopian.”
“To Larson, it means the handwriting is on the wall, namely a hefty drop in stock prices.”
The Huffington Post: Dan Dorfman: Will the Real Economy Please Stand Up?
“--- June 1 Modern Healthcare checks out "Land of Opportunity," namely the hefty stimulus funds going to the Indian Health Service, with $227 million allocated for health facilities construction in just two states, Alaska and South Dakota.”
James Warren: This Week in Magazines: The "Capitalist Tool" Says Angelina Tops Oprah
“The lake access makes the price tag hefty and the property taxes high.”
“One franchisee called the hefty burger "a loss leader.”
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I am : physical
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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A list of 166 words that have appeared more than once on official SAT exams. Based on Gruber's SAT Word Master list.
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
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