The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It also tells you something about fake weightiness. From Wordnik.com. [Obama’s reading (and writing) list] Reference
But though weightiness of mind is an invaluable trait. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses] Reference
The only discomfort he felt was the sensation of weightiness. From Wordnik.com. [Addicts] Reference
I opened my box: then indeed I perceived the secret of its weightiness. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
Jeremiah then appears with all his weightiness of matter and solemnity of manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
There was a weightiness, an innate seriousness, that I didn't find in American culture. From Wordnik.com. [Reliving the Soviet Era in the Eastern Bloc] Reference
Mia mentioned that Lauren did too many plies and that brought weightiness to the routine. From Wordnik.com. [Tonya Plank: The Season of Injuries Continues: So You Think You Can Dance Week 6] Reference
Dominic had the swagger, the bravado, the weightiness, he just had the whole hip hop package. From Wordnik.com. [Tonya Plank: So You Think You Can Dance Semi-Final] Reference
The weightiness of Jonathan Edwards has frequently made me think about getting my fat sucked out. From Wordnik.com. [The Sage of Northampton « Unknowing] Reference
Don: you intone with such weightiness about the Fourth Estate and "your colleagues in the press.". From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Wait a minute Mister Postman...] Reference
Bad refined itself into a sensation of weightiness, as if the world rested on the back of her neck. From Wordnik.com. [Something Unpredictable] Reference
That in the weightiness of everything being considered, two values were rock solid: trust and truth. From Wordnik.com. [US Rep. Cynthia McKinney's Full Remarks on Her New Bush Impeachment Bill] Reference
Lime, mango, grapefruit and sunny acidity, with a nice, round weightiness to it and a tiny hint of honey. From Wordnik.com. [White Bordeaux, Well Worth Seeking Out] Reference
As Gerson puts it, they are "so far from the moral weightiness of the Founders that it mocks their memory.". From Wordnik.com. [Doug Kendall: The Tea Party Mocks the Founders] Reference
While combustible and compelling topics, there's a weightiness to these productions that almost mirrors documentaries. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle for War Movies and Neil Burger's The Lucky Ones « FirstShowing.net] Reference
CHEN: In terms of the weightiness of this particular issue in Supreme Court history, does it fall at the top of the list?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Election 2000: Leon County Court Hears Arguments Over Florida Ballot Dispute; Bush Maps Out His Future; What Will Florida Legislature Do? - December 2, 2000] Reference
The shelves combine weightiness and robustness with round, feminine lines that together create a beautifully simple unit. From Wordnik.com. [Round Coffee Table] Reference
Still, there are reasons to think that the OED's disassociation from the weightiness of many volumes will be a good thing. From Wordnik.com. [Are You a Bridezilla? Check the OED] Reference
Much of the weightiness of this was lost on the new slave, of course, for she had very little notion of the prices of women. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
What I find that they can add—if you are not careful—is visual weightiness, an old-fashioned finish, and worse yet, years!. From Wordnik.com. [The Style Checklist] Reference
Despite all the solemn speeches about the weightiness of impeachment, many Republicans don't seem to be taking it all that seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Censure, And Move On] Reference
Josh was quiet beside me, walking steadily, unencumbered by the weightiness of my thoughts and I became thankful for our time together. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Brokenness] Reference
In a recent blog he complained of a "new weightiness". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Mr. Doolittle interrupted him with unusual weightiness of manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors] Reference
The solemnity and weightiness of covenant-taking consisteth in three things. From Wordnik.com. [The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation] Reference
Yes, sprightliness is compulsory there; so are weightiness, and fervour, and erudition. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
But I will not examine further the trick of weightiness -- it takes up too much of my space. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
The effect of weightiness is obtained simply by a stupendous disproportion of language to sense. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
Michael Lynche, the show producers 'favorite back story man, brings a necessary weightiness to the tune. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
He had neither the unswerving sense of style, nor the weightiness of touch, that mark the perfect craftsman. From Wordnik.com. [Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers] Reference
And the weightiness of these considerations is not diminished when we relate them to the special needs of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Mysticism] Reference
Meanwhile he laid about him with his common sense, just as Voltaire did, though Diderot has more weightiness of manner. From Wordnik.com. [Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)] Reference
We note also the condensed weightiness of the following exhortation, in which solemn reasons are suggested for obeying it. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference
I was, soon after, sitting in a meeting, in much weightiness of spirit, a secret, though clear, intimation accompanied me to spe. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy] Reference
Everything about "Bread Matters," from the book's stout weightiness to its unadorned cover, telegraphs the comfort of homemade loaves. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Bertha had ordered a costume from a dressmaker in Vienna on the previous day, and she began to discuss the matter with great weightiness. From Wordnik.com. [Bertha Garlan] Reference
Yet the mechanical strictness of the household, and the overpowering sense of the weightiness of life that it conveyed, was a revelation to. From Wordnik.com. [By What Authority?] Reference
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