单词 | burly |
释义 | burly/ˈbəːli /adjective (burlier, burliest) (Of a person) large and strong; heavily built: I saw a burly figure approaching a big, burly man...
Synonyms strapping, well built, sturdy, sturdily built, powerfully built, broad-shouldered, brawny, strong, muscular, muscly, well muscled, athletic, thickset, big, hefty, bulky, robust, rugged, stocky, lusty, Herculean, vigorous informal hunky, beefy, husky, hulking, ripped, shredded North American informal buff US informal jacked literary stalwart, thewy, stark technical mesomorphic Derivativesburliness
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'dignified, imposing'): probably from an unrecorded Old English word meaning 'stately, fit for the bower' (see bower1, -ly1). Rhymes |
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