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burly definition

burly


 
  Grep  of  noun  burly 
  hurly  burly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  burly 
 
  The  adj  burly  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly  --  (muscular  and  heavily  built;  "a  beefy  wrestler";  "had  a  tall  burly  frame";  "clothing  sizes  for  husky  boys";  "a  strapping  boy  of  eighteen";  (`buirdly'  is  a  Scottish  term;  "a  buirdly  lad  of  twelve")) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  burly 
 
  1  sense  of  burly 
 
  Sense  1 
  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  robust)  ->  frail 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  burly 
 
  1  sense  of  burly 
 
  Sense  1 
  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly 
  =>  robust  (vs.  frail) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  burly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  burly 
 
  burly  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  burly 
  burly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  burly 
 
  The  adj  burly  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly  --  (muscular  and  heavily  built;  "a  beefy  wrestler";  "had  a  tall  burly  frame";  "clothing  sizes  for  husky  boys";  "a  strapping  boy  of  eighteen";  (`buirdly'  is  a  Scottish  term;  "a  buirdly  lad  of  twelve")) 



burly definition