VividLex

Home / Dictionary / burly

burly

4 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

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

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

builtheavilymuscularanimalsbeautifulbeingsbodyboisterousbulkychieflycoarseformerlygrosshugehumaninanimatelargelustyroughsensestatelystoutstrongthings

Open full thesaurus page for burly · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS
Search dictionary Related words Home
← burls
Burma →