'Burly' definitions:
Definition of 'burly'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Burly'
From: GCIDE
- Burly \Bur"ly\ (b[^u]r"l[y^]), a. [OE. burlich strong, excellent; perh. orig. fit for a lady's bower, hence handsome, manly, stout. Cf. Bower.]
- 1. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky. "Burly sacks." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- In his latter days, with overliberal diet, [he was] somewhat corpulent and burly. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
- Burly and big, and studious of his ease. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Coarse and rough; boisterous. [1913 Webster]
- It was the orator's own burly way of nonsense. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'burly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able-bodied,
- adipose,
- athletic,
- beefy,
- big,
- big-bellied,
- bloated,
- blowzy,
- bosomy,
- brawny,
- broad-shouldered,
- buxom,
- chubby,
- chunky,
- corpulent,
- distended,
- dumpy,
- fat,
- fattish,
- fleshy,
- full,
- gross,
- heavy,
- heavyset,
- hefty,
- hippy,
- husky,
- imposing,
- large,
- lusty,
- meaty,
- muscle-bound,
- muscular,
- obese,
- overweight,
- paunchy,
- plump,
- podgy,
- portly,
- potbellied,
- pudgy,
- puffy,
- pursy,
- roly-poly,
- rotund,
- rugged,
- sinewy,
- square,
- squat,
- squatty,
- stalwart,
- stocky,
- stout,
- strapping,
- strong,
- sturdy,
- swollen,
- thewy,
- thick-bodied,
- thickset,
- top-heavy,
- tough,
- tubby,
- well-built,
- well-fed,
- well-knit,
- well-set,
- well-set-up,
- wiry