Heaviness

Definitions

1. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
   countable, uncountable
2. Oppression; dejectedness, sadness; low spirits.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. Drowsiness.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This figure⟳, immobile and static in his heaviness, was assumed to be deeply asleep and therefore to introduce⟳ a note⟳ of humorous anecdotality to what should have⟳ been a tragic scene.”

“Firſt got vvith guile, and then preſeru'd vvith dread, / And after ſpent with pride and lauiſhneſſe, / Leauing behind them griefe and heauineſſe.”

“By ſo much the more ſhall I to-morrovv be at the height of heart-heavineſs.”

“[W]hen man ſigheth, (as the Apoſtle ſaith) as burthened vvith inviſcerate intereſts, longing to put⟳ on this pure ſpirituall veſture of Filiall love⟳, this kind of heavineſſe of ſpirit, may be ſaid to make⟳ his love⟳ vveight in heaven; […]”

“The ſtrangeneſs of your ſtory put⟳ / Heavineſs in me.”

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