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- hefty⇄adj. 1. weighty; heavy.
Ex. a hefty load. This baby is a hefty armful.
2. (Figurative.) substantial; considerable.
Ex. Rail officials expect some hefty returns on the millions they're spending on new classification yards (Wall Street J - hefty⇄adv. heftily.
- hefty⇄adv. powerfully; exceedingly.
Ex. It's hefty damp in here (Rudyard Kipling). - hefty⇄hefty, adjective, heftier,heftiest,adverb.
(Informal.) - hefty⇄noun heftiness.