Portly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portly \Port"ly\, a. [From {Port} demeanor.]
     1. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance;
        imposing.
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     2. Bulky; corpulent. "A portly personage." --Dickens.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  portly
       adj : euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
             [syn: {stout}]
       [also: {portliest}, {portlier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "portly":
     adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny,
     burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat,
     fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy,
     imposing, lusty, meaty, obese, overblown, overweight, paunchy,
     plump, podgy, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pursy, roly-poly, rotund,
     square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping,
     swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, weighty,
     well-fed