burly
adjective
[ ˈbəːli ]
• (of a person) large and strong; heavily built.
• "I saw a burly figure approaching"
Similar:
strapping,
well built,
sturdy,
sturdily built,
powerfully built,
broad-shouldered,
brawny,
strong,
muscular,
muscly,
well muscled,
athletic,
thickset,
big,
hefty,
bulky,
robust,
rugged,
stocky,
lusty,
Herculean,
vigorous,
hunky,
beefy,
husky,
hulking,
ripped,
shredded,
buff,
jacked,
stalwart,
thewy,
stark,
mesomorphic,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘dignified, imposing’): probably from an unrecorded Old English word meaning ‘stately, fit for the bower’ (see bower1, -ly1).
