burly Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈbɜː.li]
  • Us [ ˈbɝː.li]

Meaning of burly In English

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Examples of burly

  • He has paws that are turned in and gnarled into burly nubs.

  • Prosecutors last week argued that the burly, 320-pound defensive tackle had as many as 17 drinks the night of the crash.

  • But white-haired grandmothers and bearded and burly fathers, mothers with infants held close to their chests, and teenagers in pink knitted hats marched anyway.

  • Fielder is a burly first baseman with a home-run title.

  • For a man with such a big voice -- robust and burly, reedy and refined -- he seemed surprisingly small.

  • He was seventy-three, a shriveled shadow of the burly entrepreneur of a quarter century earlier.

  • Some of them are spindly and whispery, others burly and assertive.

  • One of the gallery employees shared the story of a burly man who walked into the gallery and was brought to tears by these images.

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Translations of burly In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    高大結實的,魁梧的…

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  • 中文简体

    高大结实的,魁梧的…

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  • Español

    fornido, musculoso, corpulento…

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  • Português

    corpulento…

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  • Türk dili

    iri yarı, sağlam yapılı, insan azmanı…

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  • Français

    robuste…

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  • Čeština

    statný…

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  • Dansk

    kraftig, muskelstærk…

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