Muscularly

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mus·cu·lar (m

-l

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of muscle: muscular contraction.

2. Having well-developed muscles: a muscular build.

3. Having or suggesting great forcefulness, especially at the expense of subtlety: muscular reasoning that does not bother with the finer points; muscular advocacy groups.

[From Latin msculus, muscle; see muscle.]

muscu·lari·ty (-l

-t

) n.

muscu·lar·ly adv.

Synonyms: muscular, athletic, brawny, burly, sinewy
These adjectives mean strong and powerfully built: a muscular build; an athletic swimmer; brawny arms; a burly stevedore; a lean and sinewy frame.

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