Burly has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
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"
2
Large, well-built, and muscular.
3
Full of burls or knots; knotty.
Example Sentences
"a beefy wrestler"
adjective
"had a tall burly frame"
adjective
"clothing sizes for husky boys"
adjective
"a strapping boy of eighteen"
adjective
"`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
adjective