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1. (adj.) burly
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
2. burly
bluff; brusque.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME borli, burli, OE borlīce (adv.) excellently =bor(a) ruler +-līce -ly)
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1. (adj) 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"
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1. (adj) 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
2. (adj) burly
coarse and rough; boisterous
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Sense: (of a person) big, strong and heavy
a big burly farmer.
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 Afrikaans: frisgeboude |
 Arabic: قَويُّ البُنْيَه، مَفْتول |
 Bulgarian: едър |
 Brazilian: robusto |
 Czech: statný |
 German: stämmig |
 Danish: kraftig; muskelstærk |
 Greek: γεροδεμένος, σωματώδης |
 Spanish: corpulento |
 Estonian: tüse |
 Farsi: تنومند |
 Finnish: vanttera |
 French: robuste |
 Hebrew: חָסוֹן |
 Hindi: स्थूल |
 Croatian: krupan |
 Hungarian: tagbaszakadt |
 Indonesian: besar dan kuat |
 Icelandic: þrekvaxinn |
 Italian: tarchiato |
 Japanese: がっしりした |
 Korean: 건장한 |
 Lithuanian: tvirtas |
 Latvian: drukns; dūšīgs |
 Malay: sasa |
 Dutch: fors |
 Norwegian: tung og kraftig, muskuløs |
 Polish: krzepki |
 Persian: تنومند |
 Pashto: تنومند، قوی ، قوت لرونکی |
 Portuguese: robusto |
 Romanian: robust, masiv |
 Russian: дородный |
 Slovak: statný |
 Slovenian: močan |
 Serbian: kršan |
 Swedish: kraftig |
 Thai: ร่างใหญ่ แข็งแรง และหนัก |
 Turkish: iri yarı, güçlü kuvvetli |
 Taiwanese: 魁梧的 |
 Ukrainian: дужий, сильний |
 Urdu: جسیم ، طاقتور ، تنو مند |
 Vietnamese: lực lưỡng |
 Chinese: 强壮的 |
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