Nearby Words
adjective, -li·er, -li·est.
1.
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
2.
bluff; brusque.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English borli, burli, Old English borlīce (adv.) excellently, equivalent to bor(a) ruler + -līce -ly
1250–1300; Middle English borli, burli, Old English borlīce (adv.) excellently, equivalent to bor(a) ruler + -līce -ly
Related forms
bur·li·ly, adverb
bur·li·ness, noun
un·bur·ly, adjective
Synonyms
1. strapping, stocky, brawny, thickset, beefy, hefty.
1. strapping, stocky, brawny, thickset, beefy, hefty.
Antonyms
1. puny, weak, frail.
1. puny, weak, frail.
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Burliness
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
burly
c.1300, perhaps from O.E. burlic "noble, stately," lit. "bowerly," fit to frequent a lady's apartment (see bower). Sense descended through "stout," and "sturdy" by 15c. to "heavily built." Another theory connects the original word to O.H.G. burlih "lofty, exalted," related
EXPANDto burjan "to raise, lift."
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