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burly

/b/[@]/rl/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. muscular and heavily built

    adj.all

    Examples
    Had a tall burly frame.
    Synonyms beefy buirdly husky strapping

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

burlerburlesqueburlesquerburlettaburlinessburlingtonburmaburma padaukburmanburmanniaburmanniaceaeburmeisteria

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