burly
IPA: bˈɝɫi
adjective
- (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
- (Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
- (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
- Full of burls or knots; knotty.
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Examples of "burly" in Sentences
- He is caught by a burly man.
- He was big, burly and unprepossessing.
- He is described to us as a burly divorcee.
- He is simply described as being big and burly.
- Cussler often describes him as the 'burly Italian'.
- Ryld is unusual for a Drow because of his burly build.
- He is capable of fancy footwork despite his burly physique.
- The fight scene plagarizes burly brawl from the matrix reloaded.
- The appear as a huge, burly humanoid with an oversized brain for a head.
- Burly Burlesque and Mic Trout are members of Southwire with Jerree Small.