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Brawniness

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brawn·y  (brôn)
adj. brawn·i·er, brawn·i·est
1. Strong and muscular. See Synonyms at muscular.
2. Hardened; calloused.
brawni·ly adv.
brawni·ness n.
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Noun1.brawniness - possessing muscular strength
brawn, heftiness, muscularity, sinew, muscle
strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
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And whatever they may reveal of the divine love in the Son, the soft, curled, hermaphroditical Italian pictures, in which his idea has been most successfully embodied; these pictures, so destitute as they are of all brawniness, hint nothing of any power, but the mere negative, feminine one of submission and endurance, which on all hands it is conceded, form the peculiar practical virtues of his teachings.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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