strappinginformal mainly humorous

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having a body that is bigger than average
largeThey sell clothes for large men.
bigHe is quite big for his age.
well builtHe's muscular and well built.
heavysetThe victim was a heavyset, bearded male in his 30s.
thicksetMax is thickset and heavy, like a rugby player.
burlyHe got out of the way for the burly biker.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Big and quite big
appreciable
baronial
bigly
bloated
boxcar
bulky
expansive
hearty
heftily
hefty
higher
hulking
rambling
roomy
royal
royally
savage
sizable
sizably
the bigger the betteridiom

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Physically strong and powerful

burly | American Dictionary

burly
adjective
us/ˈbɜr·li/
(of a person) large and strong:
Two burly men pushed the car to the side of the road.

Examples of burly

burly
He has paws that are turned in and gnarled into burly nubs.
From USA TODAY
Prosecutors last week argued that the burly, 320-pound defensive tackle had as many as 17 drinks the night of the crash.
From ESPN
But white-haired grandmothers and bearded and burly fathers, mothers with infants held close to their chests, and teenagers in pink knitted hats marched anyway.
From Chicago Tribune
Fielder is a burly first baseman with a home-run title.
From The Atlantic
For a man with such a big voice -- robust and burly, reedy and refined -- he seemed surprisingly small.
From NPR
He was seventy-three, a shriveled shadow of the burly entrepreneur of a quarter century earlier.
From NPR
Some of them are spindly and whispery, others burly and assertive.
From Slate
One of the gallery employees shared the story of a burly man who walked into the gallery and was brought to tears by these images.
From Huffington Post
Although times have changed, the patrol's women still face the perception that patrolling is reserved for big, burly men.
From OregonLive.com
He's a tough act to follow, but this burly ensemble can handle it for sure.
From Wired
As more women embrace the sport, the scene is broadening beyond the stereotype of burly, bearded woodsmen.
From The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The burly body remains respectably taut, a gunnysack full of cantaloupes and cannonballs.
From TIME
And she kept on singing until a burly security guard was called in to escort her out.
From The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Whether tucked in a burly athlete's cheek or daintily positioned in a gentleman's lip, smokeless tobacco has long been a public bane.
From Huffington Post
A burly man was touching up a mural of a long wave that ran along three sides of an underground chamber.
From NPR
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