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adjective
Hefty  adj.  
1.
Moderately heavy. (Colloq. U. S.)
2.
Strong; muscular; of people.
3.
Substantial; large; as, a hefty increase in annual profits.






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"Hefty" Quotes from Famous Books



... lack of stature and weight, and of almost cat-like elasticity of frame and movement, he saw fit to cultivate a deliberation and dignity of manner that in his cadet days had started the sobriquet of "Heavy," later altered to "Hefty"; and Hefty Harris he was to the very hour this story opens—a junior first lieutenant with four years' record of stirring service in the far West, in days when the telegraph had not yet strung the Arizona deserts, ...
— Tonio, Son of the Sierras - A Story of the Apache War • Charles King

... lend you a couple of my men as well. Williams and Johnston. Hefty chaps in a scrimmage, and both equal to engines of any kind. But we must be smart. This must be done before the Turks get any ...
— On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles • Thomas Charles Bridges

... Bristol. "But you've cut off a pretty hefty chew nevertheless. They used to call you The Stetson Man, you used to dress like a fashion plate and stop at the big hotels. Those days are past, Dexter, I'm sorry to note. You're down to the skulking game now and you're nearer ...
— The Quest of the Sacred Slipper • Sax Rohmer

... was a study-chap, anyhow. That accounts for our not spotting him," said Beetle. "Sefton and Campbell are rather hefty chaps to tackle. Besides, one can't go into their ...
— Stalky & Co. • Rudyard Kipling

... faced the fourteen miles back to Gannat very stiff. All during those hours I had been wondering at the novelty of Europe, and at all these young men now so different, at the silence and the cover, and the hefty, disposable little guns. But when I had my face turned southward again to get back to a meal, that other aspect of Europe, its eternity, was pictured all abroad. For there right before me stood the immutable mountains, which stand enormous and sullen, but also vague at the base, and, ...
— On Something • H. Belloc

... Spanding gave himself a short, embarrassed laugh. "Ah, Hell. I talk too much." And he took a hefty slug of ...
— Hail to the Chief • Gordon Randall Garrett



Words linked to "Hefty" :   heftiness, sinewy, tidy, goodish, sizable, healthy, brawny, heft, respectable, considerable, sizeable, strong



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