burly
adjective
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
burliness
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a word derived from
burly.
Example Sentences
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For a moment, let us contemplate the dad bod — the abdominal pudge, the softened jaw-line, the comfortable burliness.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2019
They set off the whiteness of their wares by the brownness of their sunburnt hands and faces, and bear in their general stoutness and burliness of presence, a curious resemblance to their own comfortable bottles.
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
He was a big-limbed, deliberate man, whose quiet burliness lent to an ample silk-faced frock-coat a superfine dignity.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
His very bluntness and burliness and sufficiency gave hope.
From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman
He was rather large for the house, and especially for the stairs; moreover, he had a certain burliness of walk, such as is acquired by men living constantly in the open.
From Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Henry Seton Merriman
