muscularlyadv.
/ˈmʌskjᵿləli/, U.S. /ˈməskjələrli/ As regards the muscles or muscular development; by means of muscular effort; in a manner characterized by conspicuous muscular development. Also figurative.
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muscularlya1750
intramuscularly1909
a1750 A. Hill Cleon to Lycidas in Wks. (1753) IV. 294 Feel, that thou breath'st in passion's haziest fen,..Where carnate emulation, stripp'd of mind, Glows muscularly strong.
1845 J. H. Ingraham Scarlet Feather i. 6 The intruder was..full six feet and a half in height, yet as slender as a youth of seventeen,..yet muscularly put together.
1856 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 348 The muscularly strong man becomes the master.
1881 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 5/2 The only way..to settle which is the better of the pair is to fight it out muscularly once a year on the Thames.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxiv. 453 Exposures, privations, dissipations that would have done for a muscularly stronger man than he would have left no trace upon her.
1975 Amer. Rev. Sociol. 1 301 Compared to men, women generally are smaller, muscularly weaker.
1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Mar. 19/2 In this novella, Mr. Elkin muscularly demonstrates his talents through his easy transitions from shtick to art and back again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.a1750- to make a, one's fortune
- to make abode
- to make abort
- to make about
- to make account
- to make account of
- to make acquaintance
- to make acquaintance of also occasionally with
- to make advantage of
- to make affiance
- to make affray
- to make after
- to make again
- to make against
- to make agreement
- to make aim
- to make aliyah
- to make all
- to make all the running
- to make allowance for
- to make allowances for
- to make alt
- to make alto
- to make amendment
- to make amendments