Definition of Heftiness

1. Noun. Possessing muscular strength.

Exact synonyms: Brawn, Brawniness, Muscle, Muscularity, Sinew
Generic synonyms: Strength
Derivative terms: Brawny, Brawny, Muscle, Muscular, Muscular, Muscular, Sinewy

2. Noun. The property of being large in mass.

Definition of Heftiness

1. Noun. The property of being hefty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heftiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heftiness

heezie
heezies
heezing
hefeweizen
hefeweizens
hefs
heft
heft up
hefte
hefted
hefter
hefters
heftier
heftiest
heftily
heftiness (current term)
heftinesses
hefting
hefts
hefty
hegari
hegaris
hegemon
hegemonic
hegemonies
hegemonise
hegemonised
hegemonises
hegemonising
hegemonist

Literary usage of Heftiness

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

1. Chicago Antiquities: Comprising Original Items and Relations, Letters by Henry Higgins Hurlbut (1881)
"... and it was an incident not devoid of the humorous, that those juvenile thugs spoken of were intending to carry off the cannon, maugre its heftiness, ..."

2. Chronicles of the House of Borgia by Frederick Rolfe (1901)
"... the Papacy practically owed the peace, the possession, the heftiness of the Romagna, heretofore a hell of turbulent bandits, brigands and assassins who ..."

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