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bulky

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bulk·y  (blk)
adj. bulk·i·er, bulk·i·est
1. Having considerable bulk; massive.
2. Of large size for its weight: a bulky knit.
3. Clumsy to manage; unwieldy.

bulki·ly adv.
bulki·ness n.

bulky
Adjective
[bulkier, bulkiest] very large and massive, esp. so as to be unwieldy
bulkiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bulky - of large size for its weight
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

bulky
adjective large, big, huge, heavy, massive, enormous, substantial, immense, mega (slang) very large, mammoth, colossal, cumbersome, weighty, hulking, unwieldy, ponderous, voluminous, unmanageable, elephantine, massy, ginormous (informal) humongous or humungous U.S. (slang) << OPPOSITE small
Translations
bulky [ˈbʌlkɪ] adjvoluminoso, abultado
bulky [ˈbʌlkɪ] bulk adjvolumineux/euse, encombrant(e)
bulky [ˈbʌlkɪ] adjsperrig
bulky [ˈbʌlkɪ] adjgrosso/a; voluminoso/a


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A KANGAROO hopping awkwardly along with some bulky object concealed in her pouch met a Zebra, and desirous of keeping his attention upon himself, said:
They were such a pair as wholesale merchants use for weighing bulky commodities; and quite a bulky commodity was now to be weighed in them.
And even when recognised at last, their immense magnitude renders it very hard really to believe that such bulky masses of overgrowth can possibly be instinct, in all parts, with the same sort of life that lives in a dog or a horse.
 
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