plump
adjective
well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
plumply
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a word derived from
plump.
Example Sentences
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A plumply loutish golden billionaire, he is a superb entertainer.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 15, 2015
She guffaws herself into an asthmatic rasp, and her whole face seems to change shape as she performs, shaking plumply or stretched wide in a violent rictus grin.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2011
Sometimes they alight safely, their powdery gold dusts away and they become more or less plumply con tented.
From Time Magazine Archive
Representing the Nominee's family, besides plumply placid Mrs. Smith, is the Nominee's eldest daughter, trim, slim Mrs. Emily Smith Warner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some one, however, asked him plumply his opinion of Darwinianism, and he sententiously replied, “Darned nonsense.” "darned nonsense."
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
