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UK
/hˈɛvinəs/
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NOUN
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the property of being comparatively great in weight
the heaviness of lead - used of a line or mark
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persisting sadness
nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss - unwelcome burdensome difficulty
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an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
How To Use heaviness In A Sentence
- While I marvel at this book's heaviness and complexity, I too am a product of the disillusion climate, and I can't pipe down when I feel I'm being oppressed.
- It is frequently the heaviness of the tax that keeps the price of corn low.
- This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly.
- The cloying heaviness of snacking on cheese instead of ginger snaps left me feeling dull and vaguely nauseous.
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- nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss
- The book is wordy, and repetition of various concepts by different contributors and heaviness on quotations make it slow reading.
- We're now able to show you the Capitol dome behind me that, just a couple of hours ago, was not visible because of the heaviness of the snow that was coming down.
- Her brain willed her fingers to conquer their heaviness, their farawayness, and write: Captivity
- Note, The end of the sinner's mirth and jollity is heaviness. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)