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weightfulness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈweɪt.fəl.nəs/

Etymology

From weightful + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being weightful; heaviness; gravity.
    • Through his will to extend himself upward and away from gravity, the dancer counteracts weightfulness and creates a balance of upward-ness. 2005, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique:
    • I haven't time to look the matter up as to how it can be done — the more as I am so soon to escape its appalling weightfulness ! 1903, Grand Army of the Republic
  2. (uncountable) Weightiness; importance.
    • That is, the weightfulness of hospitality and protection, you see, by you, given to somebody else, your divine quality of -- being able to protect other men's lives has fast disappeared from your hearts. 1997, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Circulation of Thought - 1949:

Translations (104)

uk гравіта́ція (quality or state of being weightful) · de Gravitation (quality or state of being weightful) · pl przyciąganie (ziemskie) (quality or state of being weightful) · sl težnost (quality or state of being weightful) · pa ਗੁਰੁਤਾਕਰਸ਼ਣ (quality or state of being weightful) · ga domhantharraingt (quality or state of being weightful) · ca gravetat (quality or state of being weightful) · is þyngdarafl (quality or state of being weightful) · sh гравита́ција (quality or state of being weightful) · fy gravitaasjekrêft (quality or state of being weightful) · nb tyngdekraft (quality or state of being weightful) · mn гравитаци (quality or state of being weightful) · uk притяга́ння (quality or state of being weightful) · vi trọng lực (quality or state of being weightful) · fa جاذبه (quality or state of being weightful) · et gravitatsioon (quality or state of being weightful) · ka გრავიტაცია (quality or state of being weightful) · iu ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ (quality or state of being weightful) · sk priťažlivosť (quality or state of being weightful) · hu gravitáció (quality or state of being weightful) · mk тежа (quality or state of being weightful) · cs gravitace (quality or state of being weightful) · af swaartekrag (quality or state of being weightful) · he כְּבִידָה (quality or state of being weightful) · id gaya tarik bumi (quality or state of being weightful) · fr gravité (quality or state of being weightful) · th แรงดึงดูด (quality or state of being weightful) · pt gravidade (quality or state of being weightful) · gl gravidade (quality or state of being weightful) · lb Gravitatioun (quality or state of being weightful) · ar جَاذِبِيَّة (quality or state of being weightful) · be гравіта́цыя (quality or state of being weightful) · ro gravitație (quality or state of being weightful) · is aðdráttarafl (quality or state of being weightful) · ja 重力 (quality or state of being weightful) · ne गुरुत्वाकर्षण (quality or state of being weightful) · cy disgyrchiant (quality or state of being weightful) · ka მიზიდულობა (quality or state of being weightful) · lt gravitacija (quality or state of being weightful) · tr kütle çekimi (quality or state of being weightful) · gu ગુરુત્વાકર્ષણ (quality or state of being weightful) · ko 중력 (quality or state of being weightful) · tl hilabigat (quality or state of being weightful) · mk гравитација (quality or state of being weightful) · kn ಗುರುತ್ವ (quality or state of being weightful) · sk gravitácia (quality or state of being weightful) · ta புவியீர்ப்புசக்தி (quality or state of being weightful) · fa گرانش (quality or state of being weightful) · sv tyngdkraft (quality or state of being weightful) · ru тяготе́ние (quality or state of being weightful) · ru притяже́ние (quality or state of being weightful) · ka მიზიდულობის ძალა (quality or state of being weightful) · hu nehézségi erő (quality or state of being weightful) · be прыцягне́нне (quality or state of being weightful) · io gravito (quality or state of being weightful) · be прыцяжэ́нне (quality or state of being weightful) · la gravitās (quality or state of being weightful) · hi गुरुत्वाकर्षण (quality or state of being weightful) · ms daya berat (quality or state of being weightful) · mi tōāpapa (quality or state of being weightful) · km ទំនាញដី (quality or state of being weightful) · ru гравита́ция (quality or state of being weightful) · nl gravitatie (quality or state of being weightful) · uk тяжі́ння (quality or state of being weightful) · id gaya berat (quality or state of being weightful) · ota ثقلت (quality or state of being weightful) · fy swiertekrêft (quality or state of being weightful) · mn таталцал (quality or state of being weightful) · sv gravitation (quality or state of being weightful) · da tyngdekraft (quality or state of being weightful) · nl zwaartekracht (quality or state of being weightful) · it gravità (quality or state of being weightful) · ia gravitate (quality or state of being weightful) · es gravedad (quality or state of being weightful) · el βαρύτητα (quality or state of being weightful) · es pesadura (quality or state of being weightful) · th แรงโน้มถ่วง (quality or state of being weightful) · pa ਗੁਰੂਤਾ ਖਿੱਚ (quality or state of being weightful) · sh gravitácija (quality or state of being weightful) · fi painovoima (quality or state of being weightful) · sk gravitačná priťažlivosť (quality or state of being weightful) · fr pesanteur (quality or state of being weightful) · bg гравита́ция (quality or state of being weightful) · uz gravitatsiya (quality or state of being weightful) · hi गुरुत्व (quality or state of being weightful) · de Erdanziehung (quality or state of being weightful) · eu grabitazio (quality or state of being weightful) · he משיכה (quality or state of being weightful) · tl grabedad (quality or state of being weightful) · hy ձգողականություն (quality or state of being weightful) · bho गुरुत्वाकर्षण (quality or state of being weightful) · arz جاذبية (quality or state of being weightful) · be прыцяга́нне (quality or state of being weightful) · sl gravitácija (quality or state of being weightful) · kmr erdkêşî (quality or state of being weightful) · nn tyngdekraft (quality or state of being weightful) · sw graviti (quality or state of being weightful) · bg притегляне (quality or state of being weightful) · fi gravitaatio (quality or state of being weightful) · da gravitation (quality or state of being weightful) · eo gravito (quality or state of being weightful) · pl ciążenie (quality or state of being weightful) · cmn 重力 (quality or state of being weightful) · lv gravitācija (quality or state of being weightful)