brawny

brawn·y (brô

)

adj. brawn·i·er, brawn·i·est

1. Strong and muscular. See Synonyms at muscular.

2. Hardened; calloused.

brawni·ly adv.

brawni·ness n.

brawny [ˈbrɔːnɪ]

adj brawnier, brawniest

muscular and strong

brawnily adv

brawniness n

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Adj.

brawny - (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

hefty, sinewy, muscular, powerful

strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"

brawny

adjective muscular, strong, powerful, athletic, strapping, hardy, robust, vigorous, hefty (informal), sturdy, stalwart, bulky, burly, husky (informal), fleshy, beefy (informal), lusty, well-built, sinewy, thickset, well-knit, thewy Oscar turned out to be a brawny young man.
thin, weak, weakly, frail, skinny, undeveloped, weedy (informal), scrawny, wimpish or wimpy (informal)

Translations

brawny [ˈbrɔːnɪ] ADJ (brawnier (compar) (brawniest (superl))) → fornido, musculoso

brawny [ˈbrɔːni] adj → musclé(e), costaud(e)

brawny

adj (+er) → muskulös, kräftig

brawny [ˈbrɔːnɪ] adj → muscoloso/a

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They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

There were people, too; brawny men, with long, coarse, un- combed hair that hung down over their faces and made them look like animals.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

I have seen a brawny, fellow, with no lack of ordinary courage, fairly quail before this slender stripling, when in one of his curious fits.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

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