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heaviness

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛvɪnəs/Part of speech nounSorted aeehinssvStarts with HEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. unwelcome burdensome difficulty

Word origin

From Middle English hevynesse, from Old English hefiġnes (“heaviness”). Equivalent to heavy + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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