Definition of Heaviest

1. Adjective. (superlative of heavy lang=English POS=adjective) ¹

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Definition of Heaviest

1. heavy [adj] - See also: heavy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heaviest

heavenlyminded
heavenric
heavens
heavens above
heavenward
heavenwardly
heavenwards
heaver
heavers
heaves
heavied
heavier
heavier-than-air
heavier-than-air craft
heavies
heaviest (current term)
heavily
heavily traveled
heaviness
heavinesses
heaving
heaving line bend
heaving line bends
heavings
heavisome
heavy
heavy(a)
heavy(p)
heavy-armed
heavy-coated

Literary usage of Heaviest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... armed with the heaviest artillery and protected by thick iron scarps, supplemented by earthen batteries and a well- planned system of torpedo defense. ..."

2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"heaviest Blow Yet Dealt the Secession Cause.—General McPherson Receives the Formal Surrender.—Thirty-seven Thousand Prisoners, Fifteen Generals, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"During the previous year five 14-inch guns were manufactured, to supersede some of the 12-inch guns, hitherto the heaviest of our coast artillery, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Philippine Islands, however, suffered the heaviest losses, during the disturbances of 1896. Hence the Augustinian Order of to-day has only a tenth of ..."

5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Her parole was now her heaviest burden, for she had heard that Lafayette was to be sent to Spandau; so in spite of the breach of confidence on ..."

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