portly
11portly — adj. Portly is used with these nouns: ↑man …
12portly — port|ly [ pɔrtli ] adjective a portly person is fairly fat …
13portly — adjective a portly gentleman showed us the way to the dining room Syn: stout, plump, fat, overweight, heavy, corpulent, fleshy, paunchy, potbellied, well padded, rotund, stocky, heavyset, bulky; informal tubby, roly poly, beefy, porky, pudgy …
14portly — [ˈpɔːtli] adj a portly person is fairly fat Syn: stout …
15Portly spider crab — Taxobox name = Portly spider crab image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura familia = Majidae genus = Libinia species = L.… …
16portly — adjective (portlier; est) Etymology: 3port Date: 15th century 1. dignified, stately 2. heavy or rotund of body ; stout • portliness noun …
17portly — portliness, n. /pawrt lee, pohrt /, adj., portlier, portliest. 1. rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent. 2. Archaic. stately, dignified, or imposing. [1520 30; PORT5 (n.) + LY] * * * …
18portly — adjective euphemism for fat …
19portly — Synonyms and related words: adipose, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, meaty, obese,… …
20portly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dignified, imposing, stately; fat, fleshy, stout, corpulent; bulky. See size. Ant., skinny, gaunt. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fat] Syn. corpulent, heavy, stout; see fat 1 . 2. [Dignified] Syn.… …