burly

bur·ly  (bûrl)

adj. bur·li·er, bur·li·est

Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky. See Synonyms at muscular.

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[Middle English burlich, from Old English *borlic, excellent; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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burli·ly adv.

burli·ness n.

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burly [ˈbɜːlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

large and thick of build; sturdy; stout

[of Germanic origin; compare Old High German burlīh lofty]

burliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

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burly - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term" beefy, buirdly, husky, strapping Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"

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burly

adjective brawny, strong, powerful, big, strapping, hefty, muscular, sturdy, stout, bulky, stocky, hulking, beefy (informal), well-built, thickset He was a big, burly man.
thin, weak, spare, lean, slight, puny, weedy (informal), scrawny, scraggy, wussy (slang), wimpish or wimpy (informal)

Translations

burly [ˈbɜːlɪ] ADJ (burlier (compar) (burliest (superl))) → fornido, fuerte

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burly [ˈbɜː^rli] adj → de forte carrure, costaud(e)

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burly

adj (+er) → kräftig, stramm

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burly [ˈbɜːlɪ] adj → ben piantato/a, robusto/a

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burly [ˈbɜːlɪ] adj → ben piantato/a, robusto/a

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burly

adj burly [ˈbəːli]

(of a person) big, strong and heavy a big burly farmer. frisgeboude قَويُّ البُنْيَه، مَفْتولُ العَضَلات едър statný kraftig; muskelstærk stämmig γεροδεμένος, σωματώδης corpulento tüse تنومند vanttera robuste חָסוֹן स्थूल krupan tagbaszakadt besar dan kuat þrekvaxinn tarchiato がっしりした 건장한 tvirtas drukns; dūšīgs sasa fors tung og kraftig, muskuløs krzepki robusto robust, masiv дородный statný močan kršan kraftig ร่างใหญ่ แข็งแรง และหนัก iri yarı, güçlü kuvvetli 魁梧的 дужий, сильний جسیم ، طاقتور ، تنو مند lực lưỡng 强壮的