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From weightful +‎ -ness.

weightfulness (uncountable)

The quality or state of being weightful; heaviness; gravity.
- 1903, Grand Army of the Republic:
  I haven't time to look the matter up as to how it can be done — the more as I am so soon to escape its appalling weightfulness !
- 2005, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique:
  Through his will to extend himself upward and away from gravity, the dancer counteracts weightfulness and creates a balance of upward-ness.
Weightiness; importance.
- 1997, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Circulation of Thought - 1949:
  That is, the weightfulness of hospitality and protection, you see, by you, given to somebody else, your divine quality of -- being able to protect other men's lives has fast disappeared from your hearts.

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 #* '''1903''', Grand Army of the Republic:
 #*: I haven't time to look the matter up as to how it can be done — the more as I am so soon to escape its appalling '''weightfulness''' !
-#* '''2005''', Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, ''The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique'':
+#* {{quote-text|en|year=2005|author=Alwin Nikolais; Murray Louis|title=The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique
-#*: Through his will to extend himself upward and away from gravity, the dancer counteracts '''weightfulness''' and creates a balance of upward-ness.
+|passage=Through his will to extend himself upward and away from gravity, the dancer counteracts '''weightfulness''' and creates a balance of upward-ness.}}
 # [[weightiness|Weightiness]]; [[importance]].
-#* '''1997''', Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, ''Circulation of Thought - 1949'':
+#* {{quote-text|en|year=1997|author=Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy|title=Circulation of Thought - 1949
-#*: That is, the '''weightfulness''' of hospitality and protection, you see, by you, given to somebody else, your divine quality of -- being able to protect other men's lives has fast disappeared from your hearts.
+|passage=That is, the '''weightfulness''' of hospitality and protection, you see, by you, given to somebody else, your divine quality of -- being able to protect other men's lives has fast disappeared from your hearts.}}