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
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
They were a striking pair as they stood together and plighted their faith calmly: he big and strong, almost to the point of burliness, and she slight, sweet and lissom.
From A Man and a Woman by Stanley Waterloo
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
