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

Adjective

[-lier, -liest] stout or rather fat [from port (in the sense: deportment)]

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

Translations

portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] adj → corpulento

portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] adj → corpulent(e)

portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] adj → beleibt, korpulent

portly [ˈpɔːtlɪ] adj → corpulento/a