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Thesaurus: burly

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.

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  1. a. 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.
  2. a. Coarse and rough; boisterous.
  3. adj. muscular and heavily built
  4. j:100 s muscular and heavily built