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[syn: portly, stout]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
portly
adj 1: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are
stout" [syn: portly, stout]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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