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
His very bluntness and burliness and sufficiency gave hope.
From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman
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
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
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
