Literary notes about HEFTY (AI summary)
The word "hefty" is employed in literature to convey a sense of substantial physical mass or burden, as well as to evoke seriousness in both literal and metaphorical contexts. Authors use it to describe characters with imposing builds or significant presence, as seen in descriptions of large, solid figures [1, 2, 3] and even as a nickname denoting robust strength [4, 5]. It can also refer to events or objects that carry an air of weighty importance—from a monumental battle [6] to a considerable sum of money or a demanding task [7, 8]. In this way, "hefty" enriches the narrative by infusing descriptions with a tangible sense of scale and impact.
- Extra Heavyweight Amongst the crew of our mine-sweeper during the war "Sparks," the wireless operator, was a hefty, fat chap, weighing about 18 stone.
— from 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories by Various - Those fellows behind were hefty men on their native heath.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - He was big and hefty enough, but no match for the well-proportioned, muscular giant before him.
— from Colorado Jim by George Goodchild - the week gone by, just before the "Newly Arrived" had reached Prescott—just before "Hefty" Harris had returned from scout.
— from Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War by Charles King - "Hefty" Burke was one of the best swimmers in the East River.
— from Van Bibber and Others by Richard Harding Davis - It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - It takes a pretty hefty wad of money to pay all the expenses of a jaunt across the continent.”
— from The Boy Scouts at the Panama-Pacific Exposition by John Henry Goldfrap - Lawyers represent victims of the Gulf Syndrome for hefty sums.
— from Financial Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin
