Adjective, : a hefty book. ,a hefty athlete. ,a hefty increase in salary. From Dictionary.com.
Though she was heftily paid for her rewrite, she didn't take a credit. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Cries Wolf] Reference
I understand that the Asian women are not as heftily built as us Westerners. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Gymnasts] Reference
Yet, someone like Sarah Palin get's paid heftily for the very same infraction. From Wordnik.com. [Lennard Davis: Palingerism: A Neologism For Our TIme] Reference
You know, we've been telling you the markets were up pretty heftily yesterday, 2.4 percent at 11,397. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2008] Reference
Nations tend to spend heftily on conventional equipment and training, and therefore default to depending on them. From Wordnik.com. [Neetu Mahil: Build a School; Then Build It Again] Reference
A hatch opened on the side of its hull and a pair of hands gripped him heftily, pulling him into an airlock chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Division 3]
QTel has spent heftily to raise its stake in Indosat, which also trades in New York, to nearly 41% from just over 10%. From Wordnik.com. [Qatar Telecom's Bet on Indosat] Reference
The campaign is heftily supported by above the line advertising and extensive PR as well as the Get Up and Play website. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
I live a reasonable distance from my parents, so any trips back are events weighted heftily with importance and a expectation of length. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: time to cut the family apron strings | Leah Borromeo] Reference
Actually, if this is like most of the latest Disney releases, it will come out with a high MSRP and then be cut down quite heftily as release nears. From Wordnik.com. [Blu-ray Trailer For Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 and Fantasia World | /Film] Reference
Positive AND negative encouragement; rewarding the good students with more than "you're supposed to be here" and penalizing the not-so-good students heftily. From Wordnik.com. [Student Reading] Reference
Even without that influence, most of us still like tulips and some of us will pay heftily for rare and special ones even though we may not go as crazy as the Dutch of yore. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Truth About Diamonds] Reference
Unseen, uncouth John Thorne, furious at the scant courtesy shown to the lady of his dreams, had brought his whip down heftily, just above the mangy tail of the colonel mem's pony. From Wordnik.com. [Leonie of the Jungle] Reference
I understand that the Asian women are not as heftily built as us Westerners, and that gymnastics stunts physical development to a large degree, but developmentally they look the same. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Gymnasts] Reference
And thus was born the Bruce High Quality Foundation University -- a free, unaccredited MFA program whose classes are now heftily frequented by overgrown semiotics students and stunted cultural influencers alike. From Wordnik.com. [Selby Drummond: Artists Anonymous: The Irresistible Earnestness of the Bruce High Quality Foundation] Reference
If you feel MPs are being paid heftily, join parliament. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
So I hope these non-shovelers also get fined quickly and heftily. From Wordnik.com. [The Somerville News Blog] Reference
(YHOO) board, heftily praising the Internet search engine's new leadership and. From Wordnik.com. [PHONE+ Site Wide Content Feed] Reference
I'd guess the possible volumes are being heftily talked up, as seems to be the Chinese way. From Wordnik.com. [Daily automotive news and comment - from just-auto.com] Reference
Despite revelations of huge houses and heftily priced haircuts, Edwards maintained popularity in the party. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
Accusations of cashing in for "blood money" have now been levelled at him over the heftily-priced £25 book. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
While the stupidity of heftily paid television stars becomes the gospel for an increasing number of exploited people. From Wordnik.com. [Anarkismo.net] Reference
I honestly only spent about 5 minutes surfing around for an accurate salary amount for Mr. DeMatteo, but this is a heftily guarded secret. From Wordnik.com. [RPGamer] Reference
Jaime Laredo conducting, the orchestra devoted the first half to a pair of heftily orchestrated concertos and the second half to a luminous account of. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
In a new translation by David Greig and directed by Alan Rickman, the Donmar's lucid production of this heftily bleak play does not shy away from Strindberg's unforgiving view of human interaction. From Wordnik.com. [1. BroadwayStars News Report] Reference
The scoreline wasn't quite as heftily imbalanced in favour of the Stormers, but it was an emphatic win all the same, with the Cape men taking control from the opening whistle and winning comfortably. From Wordnik.com. [News24 Top Stories] Reference
Later on (from beginning of 1922), as public confidence in the mark dissolved, domestic prices adjusted themselves rapidly upwards in tune to the dollar rate, and at the end were even heftily anticipating mark's fall. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
Aside, his heftily paid lectures that he delivers in various cities of the United States, and elsewhere, he is vigorously busy in finalizing the manifesto of his upcoming party that he intends to launch in the near future. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.] Reference
I guess when you’re being bribed as heftily as the Chinese are bribing the IOC, there certainly wouldn’t be any need for alarm. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August 06 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
The fact that this whole deal represents just one reason of many why I’m not too fond of the GOP currently says that I probably won’t be very surprised/disappointed if Congress gets shaken up pretty heftily in November. From Wordnik.com. [Expect a Homeland Security Threat Level Ramp-Up Sometime Today « Whatever] Reference
She's won them quite heftily in the past. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008] Reference
For this clown Disbarred and fined heftily. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Gonzales: ‘There Is No Express Grant of Habeas Corpus In The Constitution’] Reference
"If you feel MPs are being paid heftily, join parliament. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
FPHAX), shows that not all pharmaceutical funds are trailing heftily in this environment. From Wordnik.com. [SmartMoney.com] Reference
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