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/ˈhɛvɪnəs/ · noun
The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity..
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.
Use heaviness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heaviness means The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity..
Common synonyms include thickness, weightiness.
Possible antonyms include lightness, weightlessness.
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.
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