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bur·ly  (bûrl)
adj. bur·li·er, bur·li·est
Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky. See Synonyms at muscular.

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

burli·ly adv.
burli·ness n.

burly [ˈbɜːlɪ]
adj -lier, -liest
large and thick of build; sturdy; stout
[of Germanic origin; compare Old High German burlīh lofty]
burliness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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"
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"

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

burly [ˈbɜːrli] adjde forte carrure, costaud(e)

burly
adj (+er)kräftig, stramm

burly [ˈbɜːlɪ] adjben piantato/a, robusto/a

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


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Just then some masks from outside invaded the cafe, dancing hand in hand in a single file led by a burly man with a cardboard nose.
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