burly
21burly — burlily, adv. burliness, n. /berr lee/, adj., burlier, burliest. 1. large in bodily size; stout; sturdy. 2. bluff; brusque. [1250 1300; ME borli, burli, OE borlice (adv.) excellently, equiv. to bor(a) ruler + lice LY] …
22burly — Synonyms and related words: able bodied, adipose, athletic, beefy, big, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, broad shouldered, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty …
23burly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stout, brawny (See strength). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. husky, stout, beefy, brawny; see fat 1 , strong 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. big, heavy, muscular, strong, beefy, brawny, stout,… …
24burly — burley …
25burly — 1) n, adj American (something) difficult, hard to achieve, problematical. A teenage vogue term from 1987, in use among the successors of Valley Girls and preppies, among oth ers. It may originate in black street slang, where standard terms are… …
26burly — bur·ly || bÉœËlɪ adj. strong, muscular; sturdy …
27burly — adjective (burlier, burliest) (of a person) large and strong. Derivatives burliness noun Origin ME (in the sense dignified, imposing ): prob. from an unrecorded OE word meaning stately, fit for the bower (see bower1, ly1) …
28burly — a. 1. Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, strapping, bouncing (colloq.). 2. (Obsolescent.) Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough …
29burly — adj 1. stout, thickset, heavy, heavy set, stocky; beefy, brawny, husky, sturdy, well built, strapping; muscular, hefty, able bodied, rugged, athletic, solid; hardy, manly, virile, tough, powerful, strong. 2. bluff, brash, churlish, bearish,… …
30burly — bur·ly …
