plumply
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a word derived from
plump.
plumpadjectivewell filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
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
In 1957 he married his secretary at Faber & Faber, Valerie Fletcher, a plumply attractive woman nearly 40 years younger.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The fruits and vegetables were piled high in glistening mounds, the pristine boxes and shiny cans crammed on shelves, the chickens sitting plumply in refrigerated cases, and the fish shimmering on crystalline beds of ice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And Braman as plumply and bluntly answered: "Buchanan, Foster's client, must have the face of his bonds and interest, $150,000, and we must have at least $150,000 for our trouble and expense."
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson