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Hefty   /hˈɛfti/   Listen
Hefty

adjective
1.
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.  Synonyms: brawny, muscular, powerful, sinewy.  "A muscular boxer" , "Powerful arms"
2.
Of considerable weight and size.
3.
Large in amount or extent or degree.  Synonyms: goodish, goodly, healthy, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy.  "A goodly amount" , "Received a hefty bonus" , "A respectable sum" , "A tidy sum of money" , "A sizable fortune"





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"Hefty" Quotes from Famous Books



... thin," said Rounders rashly, without fear of theological dogma. "That's allygory. They call it hair-cuttin', and when they call it that, its hairsplittin'. Take my word for it, Sally Stubbs, that when she got the secret out of that hefty, long-haired man, she did it with her ...
— The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 • Various
... jogging along in rear, had encountered Bombardier M'Donald, triumphant at having filled his forage and rations waggon for yet another day. So we and our grooms helped ourselves to bread-and-cheese and satisfied hefty appetites, and drank the cider with which Bushman had filled his flask at ...
— Pushed and the Return Push • George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)


Words linked to "Hefty" :   strong, heftiness, heavy, heft, considerable


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