burly
adjective
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
burliness
-
a word derived from
burly.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
For a moment, let us contemplate the dad bod — the abdominal pudge, the softened jaw-line, the comfortable burliness.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2019
I think it was his burliness that made the most definite appeal to me.
From The High Heart by Basil King
In his robes upon the Bench, Glenalmond had a certain air of burliness: plucked of these, it was a may-pole of a man that rose unsteadily from his chair to give his visitor welcome.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
Despite the burliness of brother Mason, there was that about him which rather encouraged confidence than aroused suspicion, although it was difficult to reconcile him with the superintendence of a mission Sunday-school.
From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Dorothy Richardson
In his robes upon the bench, Glenalmond had a certain air of burliness: plucked of these, it was a may-pole of a man that rose unsteadily from his chair to give his visitor welcome.
From Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
