portly (redirected from portliest)

port·ly  (pôrtl, prt-)

adj. port·li·er, port·li·est

1. Comfortably stout; corpulent. See Synonyms at fat.

2. Archaic Stately; majestic; imposing.

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[From port.]

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portli·ness n.

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portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. stout or corpulent

2. Archaic stately; impressive

[from port⁵ (in the sense: deportment, bearing)]

portliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

portly - euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" stout fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

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portly

adjective stout, fat, overweight, plump, large, heavy, ample, bulky, burly, obese, fleshy, beefy (informal), tubby (informal), rotund, corpulent a portly middle-aged man

Translations

portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] ADJ → grueso, corpulento

portly [ˈpɔː^rtli] adj → corpulent(e)
port of call n

[ship, passenger] → (port d')escale f

(= stopping place)
Your first port of call should be → Vous devriez passer en premier à ...

portly

adj (+er) → beleibt, korpulent

portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → corpulento/a

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portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → corpulento/a