tubbilyadv.
/ˈtʌbɪli/ In a tubby manner; with an appearance of tubbiness.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adverb] > fat or plump
roundly1656
obesely1820
fatly1866
podgily1866
chubbily1909
tubbily1924
1924 D. H. Lawrence in M. Magnus Mem. Foreign Legion 12 He stuck his front out tubbily, like a bird.
1935 H. Nicolson Let. 4 Dec. (1966) 229 Winston rose tubbily and stretched out great arms.
1957 M. Spark Comforters ix. 220 He watched the movements of a young fat woman on a houseboat moored nearby... But she did emerge again, with a cup of tea. She drank it propped tubbily on the tiny bridge of the boat.
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- to build brick by brick
- to build bridges
- to build down
- to build forward
- to build in
- to build in the air
- to build into
- to build on
- to build out
- to build up
- to build upon
- to bulk
- to bulk out
- to bulk up
- to bulldozer one's way
- to bullock one's way
- to bum one's chaff
- to bum one's chat
- to bum one's load