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• burly — adjective a) Large, well built, and muscular. Hes a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener. b) Originating from the east end of London, England. An expressive term to mean something is good, awesome, amazing, unbelievable. e.g… …   Wiktionary

• burly — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)li[/t]] burlier, burliest ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles. He was a big, burly man …   English dictionary

• Burly — Bur ly (b[^u]r l[y^]), a. [OE. burlich strong, excellent; perh. orig. fit for a lady s bower, hence handsome, manly, stout. Cf. {Bower}.] 1. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• big — [adj1] large, great ample, awash, a whale of a*, brimming, bulky, bull*, burly, capacious, chock full*, colossal, commodious, considerable, copious, crowded, enormous, extensive, fat, full, gigantic, heavy duty*, heavyweight, hefty, huge, hulking …   New thesaurus

• burly — [adj] husky able bodied, athletic, beefcake*, beefy*, big, brawny, bruising, bulky, gorillalike, hefty, hulking, hulky, hunk, muscular, portly, powerful, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well built; concept 773 Ant. light, slim …   New thesaurus

• burly — [bʉr′lē] adj. burlier, burliest [ME borlich, excellent, noble, handsome, altered (? by assoc. with bour,BOWER1) < OE borlice, very, excellently] 1. big and strong; heavy and muscular 2. rough and hearty in manner; bluff burliness n …   English World dictionary

• burly — bur|ly [ˈbə:li US ˈbə:rli] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: burly noble, impressive (13 17 centuries), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English borlic excellent ] a burly man is big and strong ▪ a burly policeman …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• burly — adjective a burly man is big and strong: burly rugby players burliness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• big — adjective 1) a big building Syn: large, sizable, substantial, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, gar …   Thesaurus of popular words

• big — adjective 1) a big building Syn: large, sizeable, substantial, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, vast, gigantic, giant, spacious; informal jumbo, whopping, thumping, bumper …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• burly — adjective his burly bodyguards Syn: strapping, well built, sturdy, brawny, strong, muscular, muscly, thickset, blocky, big, hefty, bulky, stocky, stout, Herculean; informal hunky, beefy, husky, hulking; literary stalwart …   Thesaurus of popular words